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Phase transition properties of vanadium oxide films deposited by polymer-assisted deposition

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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) films were synthesized on mica substrates by a polymer-assisted deposition method, followed by rapid annealing with different annealing temperatures. The crystalline structure and morphology of the films were investigated by XRD and FE-SEM, and their phase transition properties were studied by in situ FT-IR. The results indicated that the annealing temperature affected the crystalline structure and morphology of the films remarkably, which then resulted in varied phase transition properties. In particular, the films annealed at higher temperature showed more polycrystalline structure, increased particle size and reduced phase transition intensity. But the films exhibited the similar hysteresis temperature width with increasing annealing temperature.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 61271075), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant 2014M550468) and the Cooperative Innovation Mutual Foundation of China Academy of Engineering Physics and Sichuan University (Grant 0082604132225). We thank the Analytical and Testing Center of Sichuan University for their XRD analysis.

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    Fang Yue, Wanxia Huang, Qiwu Shi, Danxia Li, Yanyan Hu & Yang Xiao

  2. College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Qiwu Shi

  3. Institute of Electronic Engineering, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, People’s Republic of China

    Xianjing Deng & Cheng Wang

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Yue, F., Huang, W., Shi, Q. et al. Phase transition properties of vanadium oxide films deposited by polymer-assisted deposition. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 72, 565–570 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-014-3474-6

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