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Ferroelectricity in parallel-stacked transition metal dichalcogenides

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Abstract

2D ferroelectrics have great potential for dense and low-consumption nonvolatile memory applications. Recent reports have shown robust out-of-plane polarization in parallel-stacked bilayer hBN and small-angle-twisted bilayer hBN, which is switchable through interlayer movement [1,2,3]. This method of building ferroelectrics out of non-ferroelectrics can be generalized to other bipartite materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) [4]. The natural 2H phase of TMDs is centrosymmetric. Here, we demonstrate that robust ferroelectricity exists in parallel-stacked bilayer TMDs. The polarization of the bilayer is probed via an adjacent graphene layer. Our demonstration of ferroelectricity in stacking-engineered TMD bilayers consolidates the feasibility of engineering 2D ferroelectric semiconductors and opens up a broad way of engineering various functional heterostructures out of non-ferroelectrics.
[1] K. Yasuda et al., arXiv: 2010.06600
[2] C. R. Woods et al., arXiv: 2010.06914
[3] M. V. Stern et al., arXiv: 2010.05182
[4] L. Li et al., ACS Nano. 11, 6382 (2017)

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Presenters

  • Xirui Wang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

Authors

  • Xirui Wang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Kenji Yasuda

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Yang Zhang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Sergio C De La Barrera

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Daniel A Rhodes

    Columbia University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, National Institure for Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, National Institute of Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, National Institute of Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS, National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institude for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials, NIMS - Japan, National Institute for Materials Science ,Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science Japan, NIMS Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science: Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP, National Institue for Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, Materials, NIMS, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National In, Research Center for Functional Materials, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, International Center for Materials nanoarchtectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, NIMS Suguba, NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan, National institute of material science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Material Science, Japan, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, National Institure for Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, National Institute of Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, National Institute of Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institude for Materials Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials, NIMS - Japan, National Institute for Materials Science ,Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science Japan, 8International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science: Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP, National Institue for Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National In, Research Center for Functional Materials, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, International Center for Material Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS Suguba, NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan, National Cheng Kung University, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan, National institute of material science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, National Institute for Materials Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute of Material Science, Japan, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science

  • James Hone

    Columbia Univ, Columbia University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

  • Liang Fu

    Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

    MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology