Strongly correlated oxides are studied widely for the host of unique applications, such as hightemperature superconductivity, colossal magneto resistance, exotic magnetic, charge and orbital ordering, and insulator-to-metal transitions. Transitional metal oxides which form the majority of the correlated oxide systems and oxides of Vanadium, especially VO2 and V2O5 are the two most favourite systems among researchers for several applications. In this thesis, the growth and characterization of VO2 and V2O5 are discussed along with a special focus on the optical property, especially thermochromic properties. Traditionally SMT behaviour and Infrared reflectively was the focus area for VO2 research, and its only until recently that VO2 is being treated as a much more complex system and investigated as highly responsive naturally disordered metamaterial near the phase transition temperature where the material exhibits semiconducting and metallic phase co-existence. Since each phase of VO2 has a distinct optical and electrical properties, controlling the extent of phase transitions by accurate temperature modulation, enables exploitation of the material for new properties like emissivity modulation in the NIR region and for creating IR visible reversible and rewritable patterns. V2O5 is traditionally seen as a high TCR material and regarded as material of choice for application ranging from catalysis, gas sensors to lithium batteries. In this study, however we focus on the optical properties of the material, especially the visible range thermochromic nature of V2O5 coatings synthesised by oxidative annealing of MOCVD grown VOx coatings. The impact of doping and selective oxygen vacancy generation on the thermochromic property are discussed

Les oxydes fortement corrélés sont largement étudiés pour l'hôte d'applications uniques, telles que la supraconductivité à haute température, la magnéto-résistance colossale, les commandes exotiques magnétiques, chargées et orbitales et les transitions isolant-métal. Les oxydes métalliques de transition qui forment la majorité des systèmes d'oxydes corrélés et des oxydes de vanadium, en particulier VO2 et V2O5, sont les deux systèmes les plus préférés parmi les chercheurs pour plusieurs applications. Dans cette thèse, la croissance et la caractérisation de VO2 et V2O5 sont discutées avec un accent particulier sur la propriété optique, en particulier les propriétés thermochromiques. Traditionnellement, le comportement SMT et l'infrarouge reflètent la zone de focalisation pour la recherche VO2 et c'est seulement jusqu'à récemment que la VO2 est traitée comme un système beaucoup plus complexe et a été étudiée comme un métamatériel naturellement désordonné très réactif près de la température de transition de phase où le matériau présente des matériaux semi-conducteurs et métalliques Coexistence de phase. Étant donné que chaque phase de VO2 a des propriétés optiques et électriques distinctes, elle contrôle l'étendue des transitions de phase par une modulation de température précise, permet d'exploiter le matériau pour de nouvelles propriétés, comme la modulation d'émissivité dans la région NIR et pour la création de motifs IR réversibles et réinscriptibles. Le V2O5 est traditionnellement considéré comme un matériau TCR élevé et considéré comme un matériau de choix pour une application allant de la catalyse, des capteurs de gaz aux batteries au lithium. Dans cette étude, nous nous concentrons sur les propriétés optiques du matériau, en particulier la nature thermochromique de la gamme visible des revêtements V2O5 synthétisés par recuit oxydatif des revêtements VOx développés par MOCVD. L'impact du dopage et de la production sélective de vacance d'oxygène sur la propriété thermochromique est discuté. / Strongly correlated oxides are studied widely for the host of unique applications, such as hightemperature superconductivity, colossal magneto resistance, exotic magnetic, charge and orbital ordering, and insulator-to-metal transitions. Transitional metal oxides which form the majority of the correlated oxide systems and oxides of Vanadium, especially VO2 and V2O5 are the two most favourite systems among researchers for several applications. In this thesis, the growth and characterization of VO2 and V2O5 are discussed along with a special focus on the optical property, especially thermochromic properties. Traditionally SMT behaviour and Infrared reflectively was the focus area for VO2 research, and its only until recently that VO2 is being treated as a much more complex system and investigated as highly responsive naturally disordered metamaterial near the phase transition temperature where the material exhibits semiconducting and metallic phase co-existence. Since each phase of VO2 has a distinct optical and electrical properties, controlling the extent of phase transitions by accurate temperature modulation, enables exploitation of the material for new properties like emissivity modulation in the NIR region and for creating IR visible reversible and rewritable patterns. V2O5 is traditionally seen as a high TCR material and regarded as material of choice for application ranging from catalysis, gas sensors to lithium batteries. In this study, however we focus on the optical properties of the material, especially the visible range thermochromic nature of V2O5 coatings synthesised by oxidative annealing of MOCVD grown VOx coatings. The impact of doping and selective oxygen vacancy generation on the thermochromic property are discussed.