SUPPRESSION OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL TRANSITION IN VANADIUM OXIDES.
Abstract
V2O3 and V2O4 films have been sputtered by a radio-frequency technique onto relatively cold substrates. The films were amorphous according to x-ray diffraction. Their electrical resistivities at-100C corresponded to that of the respective high temperature phases of the crystals. However, unlike the crystalline solids, the amorphous films did not exhibit the so-called semiconductor-metal transition. At 25C, because of the absence of this transition, the conductivity of amorphous V2O4 is almost four orders of magnitude greater than that of the crystal. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0681874
Entities
People
- J. D. Mackenzie
- T. N. Kennedy
Organizations
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute