Colloquium: Nonthermal pathways to ultrafast control in quantum materials

A De La Torre, DM Kennes, M Claassen, S Gerber… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021‏ - APS
Recent progress in utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction to control the macroscopic
properties of quantum materials is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on photoinduced …

Harnessing the Metal–Insulator Transition of VO2 in Neuromorphic Computing

P Schofield, A Bradicich, RM Gurrola… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Future‐generation neuromorphic computing seeks to overcome the limitations of von
Neumann architectures by colocating logic and memory functions, thereby emulating the …

Phase-engineered cathode for super-stable potassium storage

L Wu, H Fu, S Li, J Zhu, J Zhou, AM Rao, L Cha… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The crystal phase structure of cathode material plays an important role in the cell
performance. During cycling, the cathode material experiences immense stress due to …

Optoelectronic Devices for In‐Sensor Computing

Q Ren, C Zhu, S Ma, Z Wang, J Yan, T Wan… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The demand for accurate perception of the physical world leads to a dramatic increase in
sensory nodes. However, the transmission of massive and unstructured sensory data from …

Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2

AS Johnson, D Perez-Salinas, KM Siddiqui, S Kim… - Nature Physics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Using light to control transient phases in quantum materials is an emerging route to
engineer new properties and functionality, with both thermal and non-thermal phases …

Spatiotemporal characterization of the field-induced insulator-to-metal transition

J Del Valle, NM Vargas, R Rocco, P Salev, Y Kalcheim… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Many correlated systems feature an insulator-to-metal transition that can be triggered by an
electric field. Although it is known that metallization takes place through filament formation …

Electrochemical ion insertion from the atomic to the device scale

A Sood, AD Poletayev, DA Cogswell… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Electrochemical ion insertion involves coupled ion–electron transfer reactions, transport of
guest species and redox of the host. The hosts are typically anisotropic solids with 2D …

Defect-free-induced Na+ disordering in electrode materials

J Peng, M Ou, H Yi, X Sun, Y Zhang, B Zhang… - Energy & …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
For reaching high-performance of electrode materials, it is generally believed that
understanding the structure evolution and heterogeneous alignment effect is the key …

Ultrafast nanoimaging of the order parameter in a structural phase transition

T Danz, T Domröse, C Ropers - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Understanding microscopic processes in materials and devices that can be switched by light
requires experimental access to dynamics on nanometer length and femtosecond time …

Universal phase dynamics in VO2 switches revealed by ultrafast operando diffraction

A Sood, X Shen, Y Shi, S Kumar, SJ Park, M Zajac… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Understanding the pathways and time scales underlying electrically driven insulator-metal
transitions is crucial for uncovering the fundamental limits of device operation. Using …