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 …

A grand family of two-dimensional (2D) materials and their heterostructures have been
discovered through the extensive experimental and theoretical efforts of chemists, material …

Neuromorphic computing based on emerging devices could overcome the von Neumann
bottleneck—the restriction created by having to transfer data between memory and …

Structurally different from conventional oxide ferroelectrics with rigid lattices, van der Waals
(vdW) ferroelectrics have stable layered structures with a combination of strong intralayer …

Ferroelectric materials, the charge equivalent of magnets, have been the subject of
continued research interest since their discovery more than 100 years ago. The …

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 …

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

Multiferroic materials have attracted wide interest because of their exceptional static,–and
dynamical,–magnetoelectric properties. In particular, type-II multiferroics exhibit an inversion …

Ferroelectric materials play an important role in a wide spectrum of semiconductor
technologies and device applications. Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) …

Although only a few 2D materials have been predicted to possess ferroelectricity, 2D
ferroelectrics are expected to play a dominant role in the upcoming nano era as important …