“…Vanadium dioxide (VO 2 ) is a transition metal oxide which finds use in various applications like thermochromic devices [1], micro-bolometer [2], IR-photodetector [3], metamaterial [4,5], smart windows [6,7], thermal switching [8], batteries [9,10], memristic devices [11], THz modulation devices [12] etc. It is been extensively studied due to its ability to undergo a first order phase transition accompanied by semiconductor-to-metal transition (SMT) at 68 °C (T SMT ).…”