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Strained interface layer contributions to the structural and electronic properties of epitaxial V2O3 films

Strained interface layer contributions to the structural and electronic properties of epitaxial V2O3 films


Title: Strained interface layer contributions to the structural and electronic properties of epitaxial V2O3 films
Author: Hajihoseini, Hamidreza   orcid.org/0000-0002-2494-6584
Thorsteinsson, Einar B.
Sigurjonsdottir, Vilborg V.
Arnalds, Unnar B.
Date: 2021-04-19
Language: English
Scope: 161602
University/Institute: Háskóli Íslands
University of Iceland
School: Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ)
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI)
Department: Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ)
Science Institute (UI)
Series: Applied Physics Letters;118(16)
ISSN: 0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI: 10.1063/5.0043941
Subject: Eðlisfræði
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2561

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Hajihoseini, H., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Sigurjonsdottir, V. V., & Arnalds, U. B. (2021). Strained interface layer contributions to the structural and electronic properties of epitaxial V2O3 films. 118(16), 161602. doi:10.1063/5.0043941

Abstract:

We report on the transport properties of epitaxial vanadium sesquioxide (V2O3) thin films with thicknesses in the range of 1 to 120 nm. Films with thickness down to nanometer values reveal clear resistivity curves with temperature illustrating that even at these thicknesses the films are above the percolation threshold and continuous over large distances. The results reveal that with reducing thickness the resistivity of the films increases sharply for thicknesses below 4 nm and the metal-insulator transition (MIT) is quenched. We attribute this increase to a strained interface layer of thickness ∼ 4 nm with in-plane lattice parameters corresponding to the Al2O3 substrate. The interface layer displays a suppressed MIT shifted to higher temperatures and has a room temperature resistivity 6 orders of magnitude higher than the thicker V2O3 films.

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