Thermo-electric history effects and resistive switching in epitaxial thin film of Mott insulator V2O3

TLDR: In this paper , the authors report interesting thermo-electric history effects associated with an electric field-induced first order phase transition from Mott-insulator to the metallic state in the epitaxial thin film of V2O3.

Abstract: We report interesting thermo-electric history effects associated with an electric field-induced first order phase transition from Mott-insulator to the metallic state in the epitaxial thin film of V2O3. This phase transition results in tuneable resistive switching in V2O3. These findings are promising for novel technologies like optoelectronics and neuromorphic computing and may lead to highly energy-efficient switching applications of Mott insulators.