Imaging metal-like monoclinic phase stabilized by surface coordination effect in vanadium dioxide nanobeam

Zejun Li; Jiajing Wu; Zhenpeng Hu; Yue Lin; Qi Chen; Yuqiao Guo; Yuhua Liu; Yingcheng Zhao; Jing Peng; Wangsheng Chu; Changzheng Wu; Yi Xie

doi:10.1038/ncomms15561

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Imaging metal-like monoclinic phase stabilized by surface coordination effect in vanadium dioxide nanobeam

Zejun Li,
Jiajing Wu,
Zhenpeng Hu,
Yue Lin,
Qi Chen,
Yuqiao Guo,
Yuhua Liu,
Yingcheng Zhao,
Jing Peng,
Wangsheng Chu,
Changzheng Wu,
Yi Xie

Affiliations

Zejun Li: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Jiajing Wu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhenpeng Hu: School of Physics, Nankai University
Yue Lin: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Qi Chen: i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuqiao Guo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Yuhua Liu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Yingcheng Zhao: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Jing Peng: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Wangsheng Chu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Changzheng Wu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Xie: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15561
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Identifying intermediates during phase transitions is critical for our understanding of correlated materials, but difficult to achieve experimentally. Here, the authors report a surface coordination route to stabilize and directly image a phase-transition intermediate during the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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