Polarization Saturation in Multilayered Interfacial Ferroelectrics

Abstract: Van der Waals polytypes of broken inversion and mirror symmetries  have been recently shown to exhibit switchable electric polarization even at the ultimate two‐layer thin limit. Their out‐of‐plane polarization has been found to accumulate in a ladder‐like fashion with each successive layer, offering 2D building blocks for the bottom‐up construction of 3D ferroelectrics. Here, it is demonstrated experimentally that beyond a critical stack thickness, the accumulated polarization in rhombohedral polytypes of molybdenum disulfide saturates. The underlying saturation mechanism, deciphered via density functional theory and self‐consistent Poisson–Schrödinger calculations, point to a purely electronic redistribution involving: 1. Polarization‐induced bandgap closure that allows for cross‐stack charge transfer and the emergence of free surface charge; 2. Reduction of the polarization saturation value, as well as the critical thickness at which it is obtained, by the presence of free carriers. The resilience of polar layered structures to atomic surface reconstruction, which is essentially unavoidable in polar 3D crystals, potentially allows for the design of new devices with mobile surface charges. The findings, which are of general nature, should be accounted for when designing switching and/or conductive devices based on ferroelectric layered materials.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

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Polarization Saturation in Multilayered Interfacial Ferroelectrics ; day:03 ; month:05 ; year:2024 ; extent:6
Advanced materials ; (03.05.2024) (gesamt 6)

Urheber
Cao, Wei
Deb, Swarup
Stern, Maayan Vizner
Raab, Noam
Urbakh, Michael
Hod, Oded
Kronik, Leeor
Shalom, Moshe Ben

DOI
10.1002/adma.202400750
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405031437063.898115426237
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14.08.2025, 11:03 MESZ

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  • Cao, Wei
  • Deb, Swarup
  • Stern, Maayan Vizner
  • Raab, Noam
  • Urbakh, Michael
  • Hod, Oded
  • Kronik, Leeor
  • Shalom, Moshe Ben

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