Control of the metal–insulator transition in vanadium dioxide by modifying orbital occupancy

Nagaphani B. Aetukuri; Alexander X. Gray; Marc Drouard; Matteo Cossale; Li Gao; Alexander H. Reid; Roopali Kukreja; Hendrik Ohldag; Catherine A. Jenkins; Elke Arenholz; Kevin P. Roche; Hermann A. Dürr; Mahesh G. Samant; Stuart S. P. Parkin

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journal article Sep 22, 2013

Control of the metal–insulator transition in vanadium dioxide by modifying orbital occupancy

Nagaphani B. Aetukuri Alexander X. Gray Marc Drouard Matteo Cossale Li Gao

Alexander H. Reid Roopali Kukreja Hendrik Ohldag Catherine A. Jenkins Elke Arenholz Kevin P. Roche Hermann A. Dürr Mahesh G. Samant Stuart S. P. Parkin

Nature Physics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. 661-666 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Sep 22, 2013
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Nagaphani B. Aetukuri

IBM Research−Almaden, San Jose, California 95120, United States

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Stuart S. P. Parkin

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, Halle (Saale) 06120, Germany

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Nagaphani B. Aetukuri, Alexander X. Gray, Marc Drouard, et al. (2013). Control of the metal–insulator transition in vanadium dioxide by modifying orbital occupancy. Nature Physics, 9(10), 661-666. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2733

Control of the metal–insulator transition in vanadium dioxide by modifying orbital occupancy

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