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Concurrent Structural and Electronic Phase Transitions in V$_2$O$_3$ Thin Films with Sharp Resistivity Change |
| Chuang Xie1, Ling Hu2*, Ran-Ran Zhang3, Shun-Jin Zhu2, Min Zhu2, Ren-Huai Wei2, Xian-Wu Tang2, Wen-Hai Song2, Xue-Bin Zhu2*, and Yu-Ping Sun2,3,4* |
1Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
2Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
3High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
4Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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Chuang Xie, Ling Hu, Ran-Ran Zhang et al 2021 Chin. Phys. Lett. 38 077103 |
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Abstract The relationship between structural and electronic phase transitions in V$_2$O$_3$ thin films is of critical importance for understanding of the mechanism behind metal–insulator transition (MIT) and related technological applications. Despite being extensively studied, there are currently no clear consensus and picture of the relation between structural and electronic phase transitions so far. Using V$_2$O$_3$ thin films grown on $r$-plane Al$_2$O$_3$ substrates, which exhibit abrupt MIT and structural phase transition, we show that the electronic phase transition occurs concurrently with the structural phase transition as revealed by the electrical transport and Raman spectra measurements. Our result provides experimental evidence for clarifying this issue, which could form the basis of theoretical studies as well as technological applications in V$_2$O$_3$.
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Received: 29 March 2021
Published: 05 July 2021
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71.30.+h
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(Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions)
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71.27.+a
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(Strongly correlated electron systems; heavy fermions)
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83.10.Tv
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(Structural and phase changes)
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74.25.nd
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(Raman and optical spectroscopy)
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| Fund: Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0403600), and Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Large-Scale Scientific Facility (Grant No. U1532149). |
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