Low temperature electric transport properties of hydrogen-doped VO2

ORAL

Abstract

Vanadium dioxide is a strongly correlated material with a bulk metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) near 340 K. Previous experiments have shown that hydrogen can be easily doped into this material, and stabilizes a badly metallic state of the material down to low temperatures. In this work, we present the transport properties of hydrogenated VO2 on the mesoscale at low temperatures via magneto-resistance and Hall measurements of both wire and film samples. We observed positive and negative magneto-resistance depending on crystallographic orientation, implying anisotropy of the electronic structure and scattering. We also observed apparent universal conductance fluctuation despite a high overall resistivity. Low temperature scattering time, carrier densities and other physical parameter have been inferred from the data.

*Thanks US Department of Energy

Authors

  • Heng Ji

    • Rice University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
  • Will Hardy

    • Rice University
  • Hanjong Paik

    • Cornell University
  • Jiang Wei

    • Tulane University
  • Darrell Schlom

    • Cornell University
  • Douglas Natelson

    • Rice University