A photo-reversible metal–semiconductor phase transition can be induced in a nanocrystalline transition-metal oxide at room temperature by short-wavelength light irradiation, holding promise for the development of new optical storage media.
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Prassides, K. Illuminated oxides. Nature Chem 2, 517–519 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.713
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