Sliding-mediated ferroelectric phase transition in CuInP2S6 under pressure

• Main Authors: Zhou, Zhou, Zhang, Jun-Jie, Turner, Gemma F., Moggach, Stephen A., Lekina, Yulia, Morris, Samuel, Wang, Shun, Hu, Yiqi, Li, Qiankun, Xue, Jinshuo, Feng, Zhijian, Yan, Qingyu, Weng, Yuyan, Xu, Bin, Fang, Yong, Shen, Zexiang, Fang, Liang, Dong, Shuai, You, Lu
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Physics; Ferroelectric phase transition; Interlayer sliding
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178419
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Interlayer stacking order has recently emerged as a unique degree of freedom to control crystal symmetry and physical properties in two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials and heterostructures. By tuning the layer stacking pattern, symmetry-breaking and electric polarization can be created...