title: Gas sensor based on metal-insulator transition in VO2 nanowire thermistor.
abstract: Using temperature driven sharp metal-insulator phase transition in single crystal VO(2) nanowires, the realization of a novel gas sensing concept has been tested. Varying the temperature of the nanowire close to the transition edge, the conductance of the nanowire becomes extremely responsive to the tiny changes in molecular composition, pressure, and temperature of the ambient gas environment. This gas sensing analog of the transition edge sensor radiometry used in astrophysics opens new opportunities in gas sensorics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4401, USA.
authors.forename: Evgheni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strelcov
authors.forename: Yigal
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lilach
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolmakov