Recent Progress on Vanadium Dioxide Nanostructures and Devices: Fabrication, Properties, Applications and Perspectives

Vanadium dioxide (VO ) is a typical metal-insulator transition (MIT) material, which changes from room-temperature monoclinic insulating phase to high-temperature rutile metallic phase. The phase transition of VO is accompanied by sudden changes in conductance and optical transmittance. Due to the e...

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Published inNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 338
Main Authors Zhang, Yanqing, Xiong, Weiming, Chen, Weijin, Zheng, Yue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI 28.01.2021
MDPI AG
Subjects
fabrication methods
metal-insulator phase transition
nanostructures
properties and related applications
Review
vanadium dioxide
properties and related applications
vanadium dioxide
metal-insulator phase transition
nanostructures
fabrication methods
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Summary:Vanadium dioxide (VO ) is a typical metal-insulator transition (MIT) material, which changes from room-temperature monoclinic insulating phase to high-temperature rutile metallic phase. The phase transition of VO is accompanied by sudden changes in conductance and optical transmittance. Due to the excellent phase transition characteristics of VO , it has been widely studied in the applications of electric and optical devices, smart windows, sensors, actuators, etc. In this review, we provide a summary about several phases of VO and their corresponding structural features, the typical fabrication methods of VO nanostructures (e.g., thin film and low-dimensional structures (LDSs)) and the properties and related applications of VO . In addition, the challenges and opportunities for VO in future studies and applications are also discussed.
ISSN:2079-4991
2079-4991
DOI:10.3390/nano11020338