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Title: Local structure elucidation of tungsten-substituted vanadium dioxide (V$$$$_{1-x}$$$$W$$$$_x$$$$O$$$$_2$$$$)

Abstract

Abstract Initially, vanadium dioxide seems to be an ideal first-order phase transition case study due to its deceptively simple structure and composition, but upon closer inspection there are nuances to the driving mechanism of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) that are still unexplained. In this study, a local structure analysis across a bulk powder tungsten-substitution series is utilized to tease out the nuances of this first-order phase transition. A comparison of the average structure to the local structure using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and total scattering pair-distribution function methods, respectively, is discussed as well as comparison to bright field transmission electron microscopy imaging through a similar temperature-series as the local structure characterization. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure fitting of thin film data across the substitution-series is also presented and compared to bulk. Machine learning technique, non-negative matrix factorization, is applied to analyze the total scattering data. The bulk MIT is probed through magnetic susceptibility as well as differential scanning calorimetry. The findings indicate the local transition temperature ( $$$$T_c$$$$ T c ) is less than the average $$$$T_c$$$$ T c supporting the Peierls-Mott MIT mechanism, and demonstrate that in bulk powder and thin-films, increasing tungsten-substitution instigates local V-oxidation through the phase pathway VO $$$$_2\, \rightarrow$$$$ 2 V $$$$_6$$$$ 6 O $$$$_{13} \, \rightarrow$$$$ 13 V $$$$_2$$$$ 2 O $$$$_5$$$$ 5 .

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1884867
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AC02-06CH11357
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Volume: 12 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Wilson, Catrina E., Gibson, Amanda E., Cuillier, Paul M., Li, Cheng-Han, Crosby, Patrice H. N., Trigg, Edward B., Najmr, Stan, Murray, Christopher B., Jinschek, Joerg R., and Doan-Nguyen, Vicky. Local structure elucidation of tungsten-substituted vanadium dioxide (V$$_{1-x}$$W$$_x$$O$$_2$$). United Kingdom: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18575-0.
Wilson, Catrina E., Gibson, Amanda E., Cuillier, Paul M., Li, Cheng-Han, Crosby, Patrice H. N., Trigg, Edward B., Najmr, Stan, Murray, Christopher B., Jinschek, Joerg R., & Doan-Nguyen, Vicky. Local structure elucidation of tungsten-substituted vanadium dioxide (V$$_{1-x}$$W$$_x$$O$$_2$$). United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18575-0
Wilson, Catrina E., Gibson, Amanda E., Cuillier, Paul M., Li, Cheng-Han, Crosby, Patrice H. N., Trigg, Edward B., Najmr, Stan, Murray, Christopher B., Jinschek, Joerg R., and Doan-Nguyen, Vicky. Tue . "Local structure elucidation of tungsten-substituted vanadium dioxide (V$$_{1-x}$$W$$_x$$O$$_2$$)". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18575-0.
@article{osti_1884867,
title = {Local structure elucidation of tungsten-substituted vanadium dioxide (V$$_{1-x}$$W$$_x$$O$$_2$$)},
author = {Wilson, Catrina E. and Gibson, Amanda E. and Cuillier, Paul M. and Li, Cheng-Han and Crosby, Patrice H. N. and Trigg, Edward B. and Najmr, Stan and Murray, Christopher B. and Jinschek, Joerg R. and Doan-Nguyen, Vicky},
abstractNote = {Abstract Initially, vanadium dioxide seems to be an ideal first-order phase transition case study due to its deceptively simple structure and composition, but upon closer inspection there are nuances to the driving mechanism of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) that are still unexplained. In this study, a local structure analysis across a bulk powder tungsten-substitution series is utilized to tease out the nuances of this first-order phase transition. A comparison of the average structure to the local structure using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and total scattering pair-distribution function methods, respectively, is discussed as well as comparison to bright field transmission electron microscopy imaging through a similar temperature-series as the local structure characterization. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure fitting of thin film data across the substitution-series is also presented and compared to bulk. Machine learning technique, non-negative matrix factorization, is applied to analyze the total scattering data. The bulk MIT is probed through magnetic susceptibility as well as differential scanning calorimetry. The findings indicate the local transition temperature ( $$T_c$$ T c ) is less than the average $$T_c$$ T c supporting the Peierls-Mott MIT mechanism, and demonstrate that in bulk powder and thin-films, increasing tungsten-substitution instigates local V-oxidation through the phase pathway VO $$_2\, \rightarrow$$ 2 → V $$_6$$ 6 O $$_{13} \, \rightarrow$$ 13 → V $$_2$$ 2 O $$_5$$ 5 .},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-18575-0},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 12,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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