Lattice-symmetry-driven phase competition in vanadium dioxide

A. Tselev, I. A. Luk'yanchuk, I. N. Ivanov, J. D. Budai, J. Z. Tischler, E. Strelcov, A. Kolmakov, S. V. Kalinin

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    Abstract

    We performed group-theoretical analysis of the symmetry relationships between lattice structures of R, M1, M2, and T phases of vanadium dioxide in the frameworks of the general Ginzburg-Landau phase transition theory. The analysis leads to a conclusion that the competition between the lower-symmetry phases M1, M2, and T in the metal-insulator transition is pure symmetry driven, since all the three phases correspond to different directions of the same multi-component structural order parameter. Therefore, the lower-symmetry phases can be stabilized in respect to each other by small perturbations such as doping or stress.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationOxide Nanoelectronics
    Pages67-71
    Number of pages5
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2011
    Event2010 MRS Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, United States
    Duration: Nov 29 2010Dec 3 2010

    Publication series

    NameMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
    Volume1292
    ISSN (Print)0272-9172

    Conference

    Conference2010 MRS Fall Meeting
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityBoston, MA
    Period11/29/1012/3/10

    Funding

    Research at ORNL's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences was sponsored by the Division of Scientific User Facilities, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. DOE. The work of IL was supported by ANR project LOMACOQU. The research at SIUC was supported through NSF ECCS-0925837 and SISGR-DOE ERKCM67. JDB and JZT were supported by the Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. DOE.

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