Laser-induced selective local patterning of vanadium oxide phases

Li, Junjie; Navarro, Henry; Pofelski, Alexandre; Salev, Pavel; El Hage, Ralph; Qiu, Erbin; Zhu, Yimei; Fainman, Yeshaiahu; Schuller, Ivan K.

doi:10.1007/s42114-025-01246-9

Title: Laser-induced selective local patterning of vanadium oxide phases

Journal Article · 31 January 2025 · Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-025-01246-9 · OSTI ID:2525830

Li, Junjie ^[1]; Navarro, Henry ^[1]; Pofelski, Alexandre ^[2]; Salev, Pavel ^[3]; El Hage, Ralph ^[1]; Qiu, Erbin ^[1]; Zhu, Yimei ^[2]; Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^[1]; Schuller, Ivan K. ^[1]

Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Denver, CO (United States)

The same elements can form different compounds with widely different physical properties. Synthesis of a single-phase material is commonly achieved by controlling experimental conditions. Synthesizing materials that incorporate multiple specific spatially distributed chemical phases is often challenging, especially if different phases must be organized into well-defined spatial patterns. Here, we present an efficient solid reaction laser annealing (SRLA) approach to directly write regions of different local chemical compositions. We demonstrate the practical utility of our approach by locally writing microscale patterns of distinct chemical phases in vanadium oxide thin films. Specifically, we achieved the controlled local recrystallization of a uniform V₂O₃ matrix into VO₂, V₃O₅, and V₄O₇ regions exhibiting sharp 1st- and 2nd-order metal–insulator phase transitions over a wide range of critical temperatures, i.e., a characteristic feature of select vanadium oxides that is extremely sensitive to even minute structural or compositional imperfections. We utilized the local chemical phase writing to pattern spiking oscillators with distinct electrical behavior directly in the thin film sample without employing elaborate lithography fabrication. Our laser tuning local chemical composition opens a pathway to synthesize a wide range of artificially micropatterned composite materials, with precision and control unattainable in conventional material synthesis methods.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); University of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0019273

OSTI ID:: 2525830

Report Number(s):: BNL--227624-2025-JAAM

Journal Information:: Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2522-0128

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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