کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5435998 | 1509539 | 2017 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Owing to remarkable thermochromic, electrochromic, and photochromic properties which arise from a first-order phase transition from insulator to metal at 68 °C, vanadium dioxide (VO2) has an enormous range of potential applications. However, due to such narrow thermodynamic stability, there is a major challenge surrounding selective phase deposition of vanadium dioxide thin films. Here, we present a report that establishes precise conditions for the deposition of three major polymorphs of VO2 by pulsed laser deposition. By a systematic study of the synergistic effects of the deposition conditions using a robust design of experiment (Taguchi design), we are able to deposit the VO2 (M1), VO2 (T), and VO2 (A) phases onto thermal oxide (Si/SiO2) substrates with remarkable precision. By electrically probing the temperature induced phase transformation from insulator to metal of each of these polymorphs, we find not only a strong dependence on the phase, but that the nature of the deposition conditions influences the magnitude and hysteresis width of the temperature cycle.
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Journal: Acta Materialia - Volume 137, 15 September 2017, Pages 12-21