Strain on Nanowires (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Strain on Nanowires

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These optical images of a multiple-domain vanadium oxide microwire taken at various temperatures show pure insulating (top) and pure metallic (bottom) phases and co-existing metallic/insulating phases (middle) as a result of strain engineering.

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Image from Junqiao Wu

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