{"paper":{"title":"Inhomogeneity in the ultrafast insulator-to-metal transition dynamics in VO$_2$","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["cond-mat.mes-hall"],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.str-el","authors_text":"Andrew C. Jones, Brian T. O'Callahan, David Cobden, Jae Hyung Park, Joanna M. Atkin, Markus B. Raschke","submitted_at":"2014-12-17T17:35:55Z","abstract_excerpt":"The insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) of the simple binary compound of vanadium dioxide VO$_2$ at $\\sim 340$ K has been puzzling since its discovery more than five decades ago. A wide variety of photon and electron probes have been applied in search of a satisfactory microscopic mechanistic explanation. However, many of the conclusions drawn have implicitly assumed a {\\em homogeneous} material response. Here, we reveal inherently {\\em inhomogeneous} behavior in the study of the dynamics of individual VO$_2$ micro-crystals using a combination of femtosecond pump-probe microscopy with nano-IR "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1412.5495","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}