Scientists at Rice University have discovered a new workable feature of a particular class of 2D materials. Rice University materials scientist Boris Yakobson and his team have uncovered a property of ferroelectric 2D materials that has the potential to be exploited as a feature in future devices
The new material could be used to act as a nano-scale switch or even a motor.
Boris Yakobson is Rice’s Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University “The novelty we found in this study is that there is a connection or coupling between the ferroelectric state and the bending or flexing of the material. This work combines the discovery or prediction of a fundamental property of a class of 2D materials with a practical application angle.”
Jun-Jie Zhang is a Rice postdoctoral research associate and lead author on the study. Credit: Yakobson Group/Rice University “An actuator is any device that translates a signal – in many cases an electrical signal, but it can be a different kind of signal – into mechanical displacement or, in other words, movement or work.”
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