Disorder plays a key role in phase transitions of materials

(ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences) An international team of researchers discovers that disorder is part of the structural transition of Vanadium Dioxide from an insulator state to a metallic state at extremely small time resolutionsThe results of the study, published in Science, provide a new perspective on how to control matter, especially in the field of superconductivity, which could have major implications for nano-technology and optoelectronics.