Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and observation of massive metal-insulator transitions in nanowires of a nonstoichiometric vanadium oxide bronze

Nano Lett. 2010 Jul 14;10(7):2448-53. doi: 10.1021/nl100642b.

Abstract

Metal-insulator transitions in strongly correlated materials, induced by varying either temperature or dopant concentration, remain a topic of enduring interest in solid-state chemistry and physics owing to their fundamental importance in answering longstanding questions regarding correlation effects. We note here the unprecedented observation of a four-orders-of-magnitude metal-insulator transition in single nanowires of delta-K(x)V(2)O(5), when temperature is varied, which thus represents a rare new addition to the pantheon of materials exhibiting pronounced metal-insulator transitions in proximity to room temperature.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.