Correlation-driven insulator-metal transition in near-ideal vanadium dioxide films

Gray, A. X.; Jeong, J.; Aetukuri, N. P.; Granitzka, P.; Chen, Z.; Kukreja, R.; Higley, D.; Chase, T.; Reid, A. H.; Ohldag, H.; Marcus, M. A.; Scholl, A.; Young, A. T.; Doran, A.; Jenkins, C. A.; Shafer, P.; Arenholz, E.; Samant, M. G.; Parkin, S. S. P.; Durr, H. A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.116403

Title: Correlation-driven insulator-metal transition in near-ideal vanadium dioxide films

Journal Article · Fri Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.116403· OSTI ID:1261081

Gray, A. X. ^[1]; Jeong, J. ^[2]; Aetukuri, N. P. ^[2]; Granitzka, P. ^[3]; Chen, Z. ^[4]; Kukreja, R. ^[4]; Higley, D. ^[4]; Chase, T. ^[4]; Reid, A. H. ^[5]; Ohldag, H. ^[5]; Marcus, M. A. ^[6]; Scholl, A. ^[6]; Young, A. T. ^[6]; Doran, A. ^[6]; Jenkins, C. A. ^[6]; Shafer, P. ^[6]; Arenholz, E. ^[6]; Samant, M. G. ^[2]; Parkin, S. S. P. ^[2]; Durr, H. A. ^[4]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

We use polarization- and temperature-dependent x-ray absorption spectroscopy, in combination with photoelectron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and electronic transport measurements, to study the driving force behind the insulator-metal transition in VO2. We show that both the collapse of the insulating gap and the concomitant change in crystal symmetry in homogeneously strained single-crystalline VO2 films are preceded by the purely electronic softening of Coulomb correlations within V-V singlet dimers. This process starts 7 K (±0.3 K) below the transition temperature, as conventionally defined by electronic transport and x-ray diffraction measurements, and sets the energy scale for driving the near-room-temperature insulator-metal transition in this technologically promising material.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1261081

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1242439; OSTI ID: 1379238

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-16591; PRLTAO; arXiv:1503.07892

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 11; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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