External‐Strain Induced Insulating Phase Transition in VO2 Nanobeam and Its Application as Flexible Strain Sensor

[ ∗] Dr. B. Hu , Ding , . Y D. Kulkarni , Shen , . Y Prof. sukruk , T . V. V Prof. Z. L. Wang School of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA 30332-0245 (USA) E-mail: zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu Dr. B. Hu , Prof. W Chen .State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing School of Materials Science and Engineering Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan, 430070 (P. R. China) E-mail: chenw@whut.edu.cn

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