The discovery of ferroelectricity in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials has
brought important functionalities to the 2D materials family, and may trigger a revolution in …

The discovery and control of new phases of matter is a central endeavour in materials
research. The emergence of atomically thin 2D materials, such as transition-metal …

Despite their partial ionic nature, many-layered diatomic crystals avoid internal electric
polarization by forming a centrosymmetric lattice at their optimal van der Waals stacking …

The critical size limit of voltage-switchable electric dipoles has extensive implications for
energy-efficient electronics, underlying the importance of ferroelectric order stabilized at …

Ultrathin ferroelectric materials could potentially enable low-power logic and nonvolatile
memories,. As ferroelectric materials are made thinner, however, the ferroelectricity is …

We report the observation of a peculiar polarization behavior of BaFe12O19 in electric field
where the linear polarization is detected at temperatures below 150 K whereas at higher …

The projected increase in world energy consumption within the next 50 years, coupled with
low emission requirements, has inspired an enormous effort towards the development of …

Ferroelectricity in atomically thin bilayer structures has been recently predicted and
measured,–in two-dimensional materials with hexagonal non-centrosymmetric unit-cells …

Ferroelectricity in ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) materials has attracted broad interest due
to potential applications in nonvolatile memory, nanoelectronics and optoelectronics …

Synapses are essential for the transmission of neural signals. Synaptic plasticity allows for
changes in synaptic strength, enabling the brain to learn from experience. With the rapid …