Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Prediction of intrinsic two-dimensional ferroelectrics in In2Se3 and other III2-VI3 van der Waals materials

  • Wenjun Ding,
  • Jianbao Zhu,
  • Zhe Wang,
  • Yanfei Gao,
  • Di Xiao,
  • Yi Gu,
  • Zhenyu Zhang,
  • Wenguang Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14956
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The development of devices based on 2D materials beyond graphene benefits from identifying compounds with diverse functional properties. Here, the authors predict computationally that 2D In2Se3and related materials are room temperature ferroelectrics with both in- and out-of-plane polarization.