Journal
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 20, Issue 21, Pages 14339-14347Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08432c
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- NSFC [11672339, 11474363, 11232015, 11402312, 11602310, 11702335]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University
- Fok Ying Tung Foundation
- Science and Technology Innovation Project of Guangdong Provincial Education Department
- Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar
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As an important strongly correlated electron material, VO2 undergoes a metal-insulator transition (MIT) accompanied by a huge change of several orders of magnitude in conductance and transmittance. The MIT behavior can be controlled by low-dimensional structures (LDSs) and the interaction between LDSs and substrates. Consequently, fabricating the LDSs and understanding the phase transition behaviors have great significance for the investigation of fundamental properties and applications. Using the pulsed laser deposition technique, we fabricate abundant LDSs (i.e., from zero-dimensional nanodots, one-dimensional nanowires, nanobelts and nanorods to two-dimensional nanoplatelets and ultra-thin films, and zero-/one-/two-dimensional mixed structures), and investigate the controllability of each deposition factor on the growth of the LDSs. TEM results confirm the high crystallinity of the as-synthesized LDSs. AFM results and ab initio calculations demonstrate the great influence of substrates on the growth orientation of the LDSs. More importantly, we systematically investigate the phase transition characteristics of the LDSs by temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy and XRD. The results clearly reveal the structural dependence of the phase transition features due to the delicate effects of substrates and structures. Our technique provides a rapid, controllable and easy method for fabricating VO2 LDSs, which can lead to a deeper understanding of the electrical, optical, and magnetic properties and potential applications of VO2.
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