Anomalous large electrical capacitance of planar microstructures with vanadium dioxide films near the insulator-metal phase transition
- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Lavrentyev Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
The temperature dependence of electrical capacitance of planar microstructures with vanadium dioxide (VO{sub 2}) film near the insulator-metal phase transition has been investigated at the frequency of 1 MHz. Electrical capacitance measurements of the microstructures were performed by the technique based on the using of a two-terminal resistor-capacitor module simulating the VO{sub 2} layer behavior at the insulator-metal phase transition. At temperatures 325–342 K, the anomalous increase in microstructures capacitance was observed. Calculation of electric field in the microstructure showed that VO{sub 2} relative permittivity (ε) reaches ∼10{sup 8} at the percolation threshold. The high value of ε can be explained by the fractal nature of the interface between metal and insulator clusters formed near the insulator-metal phase transition.
- OSTI ID:
- 22261607
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 13; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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