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Combined strain and composition-induced effects in the metal-insulator transition of epitaxial VO 2 films

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The role of epitaxial strain, thermal strain, and bulk (strain-free) lattice parameter in the metal-insulator transition (MIT) and the structural phase transition (SPT) of VO2 is investigated for the case epitaxial films grown on (001)-oriented TiO2 substrates. Temperature-resolved X-ray reciprocal space mapping has been used to determine the absolute state of strain as well as the bulk lattice parameters of VO2 at 100 • C. For the thinnest film (15 nm), the state of strain is dominated by the film/substrate lattice mismatch yielding an in-plane tensile strain which, in turn, shifts both the MIT and the SPT towards lower temperatures. Conversely, for the thickest film (100 nm), the epitaxial strain is relaxed, so that state of strain is dominated by the VO2/TiO2 thermal expansion mismatch which is responsible for a compressive in-plane strain. In all cases a swelling of the strain-free VO2 unit-cell is observed which indicates the presence of interfacial oxygen vacancies and/or Ti diffusion into the VO2 films. The presence of oxygen vacancies stabilize the metallic rutile phase and counterbalances the action of thermal strain on the MIT and the SPT and degrade the electric properties for the thinnest film. For the thickest film the resistivity ratio is 6.4 × 10 4.

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hal-02193086 , version 1 (24-07-2019)

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V. Théry, Alexandre Boulle, Aurelian Crunteanu, J. Orlianges. Combined strain and composition-induced effects in the metal-insulator transition of epitaxial VO 2 films. Applied Physics Letters, 2017, 111 (25), pp.251902. ⟨10.1063/1.5010147⟩. ⟨hal-02193086⟩
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