Compound TiSe2 has received much attention among the transition metal chalcogenides because of its thrilling physical properties concerning atypical resistivity behavior, the emergence of charge density wave (CDW) state, induced superconductivity, etc. Here, we report the discovery of a new feature of TiSe2, namely, the observation of resistive switching in voltage biased point contacts (PCs) based on TiSe2 and its derivatives doped by S and Cu (TiSeS, CuxTiSe2). The switching occurs between a low resistive mainly “metallic-type” state and a high resistive “semiconducting-type” state when a bias voltage is applied (usually < 0.5 V), and reverse switching occurs when a voltage of opposite polarity is applied (usually < 0.5 V). The difference in resistance between these two states can reach up to two orders of magnitude at room temperature. The origin of this effect can be attributed to the variation of stoichiometry in the PC core due to the drift/displacement of Se/Ti vacancies under a high electric field. Additionally, we demonstrated that heating occurs in the PC core, which can facilitate the electric field-induced effect. At the same time, we did not find any evidence for CDW spectral features in our PC spectra for TiSe2. The observed resistive switching allows proposing TiSe2 and their derivatives as promising materials, e.g., for non-volatile resistive random access memory (ReRAM) engineering.
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July 01 2023
Peculiarities of electron transport and resistive switching in point contacts on TiSe2, TiSeS, and CuxTiSe2
D. L. Bashlakov;
D. L. Bashlakov
1
B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
, 61103 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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O. E. Kvitnitskaya;
O. E. Kvitnitskaya
1
B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
, 61103 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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S. Aswartham;
S. Aswartham
2
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
, IFW Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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Y. Shemerliuk;
Y. Shemerliuk
2
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
, IFW Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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H. Berger;
H. Berger
3
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
, LPMC, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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D. V. Efremov;
D. V. Efremov
2
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
, IFW Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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B. Büchner;
B. Büchner
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Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
, IFW Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics and Wurzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat
, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden 0I062, Germany
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Yu. G. Naidyuk
Yu. G. Naidyuk
a)
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B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
, 61103 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Fiz. Nizk. Temp. 49, 916–922 (July 2023)
Low Temp. Phys. 49, 834–840 (2023)
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D. L. Bashlakov, O. E. Kvitnitskaya, S. Aswartham, Y. Shemerliuk, H. Berger, D. V. Efremov, B. Büchner, Yu. G. Naidyuk; Peculiarities of electron transport and resistive switching in point contacts on TiSe2, TiSeS, and CuxTiSe2. Low Temp. Phys. 1 July 2023; 49 (7): 834–840. https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0019694
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