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

Since the discovery of Rochelle salt a century ago, ferroelectric materials have been
investigated extensively due to their robust responses to electric, mechanical, thermal …

Sliding ferroelectricity is a recently observed polarity existing in two-dimensional materials.
However, due to the weak polarization and poor electrical insulation in these materials …

Near the 100th anniversary of the discovery of ferroelectricity, so-called sliding
ferroelectricity has been proposed and confirmed recently in a series of experiments that …

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 …

Two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectrics, which are rare in nature, enable high-density
nonvolatile memory with low energy consumption. Here, we propose a theory of bilayer …

van der Waals materials possess an innate layer degree of freedom and thus are excellent
candidates for exploring emergent two-dimensional ferroelectricity induced by interlayer …

Two-dimensional (2D) ferroics, namely ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and ferroelastic
materials, are attracting rising interest due to their fascinating physical properties and …

Recent breakthroughs in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals ferroelectrics have been
impressive, with a series of 2D ferroelectrics having been realized experimentally. The …