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ArticleNano letters2026

Spatially Tunable Interfacial Ferroelectricity in Low-Symmetric WTe

Yi-Cheng Chiang, Chun-An Chen, Che-Min Lin, Erh-Chen Lin, Hong-Sen Zhu, Po-Yen Liu, Yu-Ting Lin, Sheng-Hung Fan, Hung-Ju Tien, Chi Chen and 7 more

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Yi-Cheng ChiangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Chun-An ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3400-9842
Che-Min LinDepartment of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
Erh-Chen LinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Hong-Sen ZhuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Po-Yen LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Yu-Ting LinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Sheng-Hung FanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Hung-Ju TienDepartment of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
Chi ChenResearch Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115024, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2880-7215
Ying-Yu LaiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
Hui DengDepartment of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0629-3230
Chia-Seng ChangInstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115024, Taiwan.
Hsin LinInstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115024, Taiwan.
Tay-Rong ChangDepartment of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
Shang-Fan LeeInstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115024, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5899-7200
Yi-Hsien LeeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-0832-6369

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Abstract

Interfacial ferroelectricity, recently discovered in van der Waals (vdW) materials, exhibits switchable dipoles at the interface. Most experiments are realized by stacking high-symmetry two-dimensional (2D) lattices in specific stacking configurations. A prototype based on a synthetic and low-symmetry 2D lattice is robust for switchable dipoles with broken symmetry at the interface. Here, we show that interfacial ferroelectricity can be spatially tunable by controlling the odd-even layer number in the synthetic low-symmetry lattice of 1T'-WTe

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interfacial ferroelectricityinterlayer slidinglow symmetrypolarization switchingWTe2

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PMID41404920
PMCPMC12833872

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