Table 1 Selected recent major findings in VO2 based systems.

From: Towards Room Temperature Thermochromic Coatings with controllable NIR-IR modulation for solar heat management & smart windows applications

System’s Configuration

Investigated major phenomena & properties

References

VO2 Single crystal

Sliding twin-domains in self-heated needle-like VO2 single crystals

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VO2 Strained thin films

Mott transition in chain structure of strained VO2 films revealed by coherent phonons

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Single-crystal VO2

nanobeams

Measurement of a solid-state triple point at the metal–insulator transition in VO2

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VO2 Single crystal

Observation of a large non-thermal contribution to picosecond train pulse generation using the photo-induced phase transition in VO2

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VO2 Single crystal

Elucidating the inhomogeneity of the ultrafast insulator-to-metal transition dynamics of VO2

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VO2 Single crystal

Clarification of the transient dynamics of the phase transition in VO2 revealed by mega-electron-volt ultrafast electron diffraction

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W-doped VO2 thin films

observation of the magnetic-field-induced insulator–metal transition in W-doped VO2 at 500 T

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VO2 epitaxial thin films

demonstration of the reversible phase modulation & hydrogen storage in multivalent VO2 epitaxial thin films

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TixV1-xO2 nanopowders

Decoupling the Lattice Distortion and Charge Doping Effects on the Phase Transition Behavior of VO2 by Titanium (Ti4+) Doping

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VO2 Thin films

Photo-induction in non-volatile VO2 phase transition for neuromorphic ultraviolet sensors

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VO2 ultrathin films on

Si3N4 membranes

Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2

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VO2 Single crystal

Demonstration of the reversible switching between pressure induced amorphization and thermal-driven recrystallization in VO2(B) nanosheets

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ultrathin VO2 channels

Validation of the positive-bias gate-controlled metal–insulator transition in ultrathin VO2 channels with TiO2 gate dielectrics

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