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Yue Li, Ming Gong, Hualing Zeng. Atomically thin α-In2Se3: an emergent two-dimensional room temperature ferroelectric semiconductor[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(6): 061002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/6/061002
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Y Li, M Gong, H L Zeng, Atomically thin α-In2Se3: an emergent two-dimensional room temperature ferroelectric semiconductor[J]. J. Semicond., 2019, 40(6): 061002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/6/061002.
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Atomically thin α-In2Se3: an emergent two-dimensional room temperature ferroelectric semiconductor
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/6/061002
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Abstract
Room temperature ferroelectric thin films are the key element of high-density nonvolatile memories in modern electronics. However, with the further miniaturization of the electronic devices beyond the Moore’s law, conventional ferroelectrics suffer great challenge arising from the critical thickness effect, where the ferroelectricity is unstable if the film thickness is reduced to nanometer or single atomic layer limit. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, thanks to their stable layered structure, saturate interfacial chemistry, weak interlayer couplings, and the benefit of preparing stable ultra-thin film at 2D limit, are promising for exploring 2D ferroelectricity and related device applications. Therefore, it provides an effective approach to overcome the limitation in conventional ferroelectrics with the study of 2D ferroelectricity in van der Waals (vdW) materials. In this review article, we briefly introduce recent progresses on 2D ferroelectricity in layered vdW materials. We will highlight the study on atomically thin α-In2Se3, which is an emergent ferroelectric semiconductor with the coupled in-plane and out-of-plane ferroelectricity. Furthermore, two prototype ferroelectric devices based on ferroelectric α-In2Se3 will also be reviewed.-
Keywords:
- electric polarization,
- 2D materials,
- 2D ferroelectrics
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