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Ultrasensitive Mechanical Sensor Using Tunable Ordered Array of Metallic and Insulating States in Vanadium Dioxide |
| Zecheng Ma1†, Shengnan Yan1†, Fanqiang Chen1, Yudi Dai1, Zenglin Liu1, Kang Xu1, Tao Xu2, Zhanqin Tong1, Moyu Chen1, Lizheng Wang1, Pengfei Wang1, Litao Sun2, Bin Cheng3, Shi-Jun Liang1*, and Feng Miao1* |
1Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
2SEU-FEI Nano-Pico Center, Key Laboratory of MEMS of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
3Institute of Interdisciplinary of Physical Sciences, School of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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Zecheng Ma, Shengnan Yan, Fanqiang Chen et al 2024 Chin. Phys. Lett. 41 077101 |
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Abstract Detecting tiny deformations or vibrations, particularly those associated with strains below 1%, is essential in various technological applications. Traditional intrinsic materials, including metals and semiconductors, face challenges in simultaneously achieving initial metallic state and strain-induced insulating state, hindering the development of highly sensitive mechanical sensors. Here we report an ultrasensitive mechanical sensor based on a strain-induced tunable ordered array of metallic and insulating states in the single-crystal bronze-phase vanadium dioxide [VO$_{2}$(B)] quantum material. It is shown that the initial metallic state in the VO$_{2}$(B) flake can be tuned to the insulating state by applying a weak uniaxial tensile strain. Such a unique property gives rise to a record-high gauge factor of above 607970, surpassing previous values by an order of magnitude, with excellent linearity and mechanical resilience as well as durability. As a proof-of-concept application, we use our proposed mechanical sensor to demonstrate precise sensing of the micro piece, gentle airflows and water droplets. We attribute the superior performance of the sensor to the strain-induced continuous metal-insulator transition in the single-crystal VO$_{2}$(B) flake, evidenced by experimental and simulation results. Our findings highlight the potential of exploiting correlated quantum materials for next-generation ultrasensitive flexible mechanical sensors, addressing critical limitations in traditional materials.
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Received: 15 April 2024
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Published: 18 July 2024
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07.07.Df
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(Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing)
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(Instruments for strain, force, and torque)
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(Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions)
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72.80.Ga
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(Transition-metal compounds)
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