Tuning metal-insulator transitions in epitaxial V${}_2$O${}_3$ thin films

Einar B. Thorsteinsson, Seyedmohammad Shayestehaminzadeh, Unnar B. Arnalds

We present a study of the synthesis of epitaxial V${}_2$O${}_3$ films on $c$-plane Al${}_2$O${}_3$ substrates by reactive dc-magnetron sputtering. The results reveal a temperature window,…