Observation of resistive switching and diode effect in the conductivity of TiTe2 point contacts

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Main Authors: Kvitnitskaya, O. E., Harnagea, L., Feia, O. D., Efremov, D. V., Büchner, B., Naidyuk, Yu. G.
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author Kvitnitskaya, O. E.
Harnagea, L.
Feia, O. D.
Efremov, D. V.
Büchner, B.
Naidyuk, Yu. G.
author_facet Kvitnitskaya, O. E.
Harnagea, L.
Feia, O. D.
Efremov, D. V.
Büchner, B.
Naidyuk, Yu. G.
contents We measured the I(V) and dV/dI(V) characteristics of TiTe2-based point contacts (PCs) from room to helium temperatures. Features indicating the emergence of a charge density wave (CDW) were detected. They represent symmetrical relatively V=0 maxima in dV/dI(V) around 150 mV at liquid helium temperatures, which disappear above 150 K, similar to the case of sister CDW compound TiSe2. Applying higher voltages above 200 mV, we observed resistive switching in TiTe2 PCs from a metallic-like low-resistance state to non-metallic type high-resistance state with a change of resistance by an order of magnitude. A unique diode-like effect was registered in "soft" TiTe2 PCs with hysteretic I(V) at negative voltage on TiTe2. Discovering the resistive switching and diode effect adds TiTe2 to the transition-metal dichalcogenides, which could be useful in developing non-volatile ReRAM and other upcoming nanotechnologies.
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spellingShingle Observation of resistive switching and diode effect in the conductivity of TiTe2 point contacts
Kvitnitskaya, O. E.
Harnagea, L.
Feia, O. D.
Efremov, D. V.
Büchner, B.
Naidyuk, Yu. G.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We measured the I(V) and dV/dI(V) characteristics of TiTe2-based point contacts (PCs) from room to helium temperatures. Features indicating the emergence of a charge density wave (CDW) were detected. They represent symmetrical relatively V=0 maxima in dV/dI(V) around 150 mV at liquid helium temperatures, which disappear above 150 K, similar to the case of sister CDW compound TiSe2. Applying higher voltages above 200 mV, we observed resistive switching in TiTe2 PCs from a metallic-like low-resistance state to non-metallic type high-resistance state with a change of resistance by an order of magnitude. A unique diode-like effect was registered in "soft" TiTe2 PCs with hysteretic I(V) at negative voltage on TiTe2. Discovering the resistive switching and diode effect adds TiTe2 to the transition-metal dichalcogenides, which could be useful in developing non-volatile ReRAM and other upcoming nanotechnologies.
title Observation of resistive switching and diode effect in the conductivity of TiTe2 point contacts
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22328