• 文献标题:   A Graphene-Edge Ferroelectric Molecular Switch
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CARIDAD JM, CALOGERO G, PEDRINAZZI P, SANTOS JE, IMPELLIZZERI A, GUNST T, BOOTH TJ, SORDAN R, BOGGILD P, BRANDBYGE M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene edge, polar molecule, ferroelectricity, memcapacitor, hysteresi, molecular switch
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tech Univ Denmark
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00797
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We show that polar molecules (water, ammonia, and nitrogen dioxide) adsorbed solely at the exposed edges of an encapsulated graphene sheet exhibit ferroelectricity, collectively orienting and switching reproducibly between two available states in response to an external electric field. This ferroelectric molecular switching introduces drastic modifications to the graphene bulk conductivity and produces a large and ambipolar charge bistability in micrometer-size graphene devices. This system comprises an experimental realization of envisioned memory capacitive ("memcapacitive") devices whose capacitance is a function of their charging history, here conceived via confined and correlated polar molecules at the one-dimensional edge of a two-dimensional crystal.