Fig. 20: Effect of substrate stress on metal insulator transformation. | NPG Asia Materials

Fig. 20: Effect of substrate stress on metal insulator transformation.

From: Recent progress in the phase-transition mechanism and modulation of vanadium dioxide materials

Fig. 20

a Bright (left) and dark (right) field optical images of VO2 nanobeams. b A schematic diagram showing the periodic domain pattern of a VO2 nanobeam strained on a SiO2 substrate. c Spatial periods (λm) of the domain patterns as a function of the nanobeam thickness (t) for VO2 nanobeams embedded in SiO2 and Al2O3116. Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society

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