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Oxygen-Mediated Topological Growth of MoS2 for Symmetry-Anisotropy Coengineered Ultrafast Electronic Switching
Qing Zhang1,2,3, Yanxue Zhang4, Yongshuai Wang1,2,3
1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Intelligent Sensing, Ministry of Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
Abstract:
Anisotropic 2D materials offer transformative potential for directionally programmable electronics, but the fundamental trade-off between structural symmetry and electronic anisotropy has limited their device applications. Herein, a topological engineering breakthrough is reported that simultaneously achieves pseudo-C6 symmetry and high in-plane anisotropy in a star-like monolayer MoS2 domain. Structural characterization identifies two distinct lattice alignment modes corresponding to the armchair (AC) and zigzag (ZZ) crystallographic orientations, differing by 30° azimuthal rotation, thus enabling angle-resolved anisotropic transistors with exceptional electron mobilities (µAC = 84.06 cm2 V-1 s-1, µZZ = 57.80 cm2 V-1 s-1) and widely tunable electronic anisotropy ratios (IAC/IZZ) of up to 10.91. Leveraging this dual symmetry-anisotropy control, an ultrafast square-wave generators are demonstrated with orientation-programmable switching characteristics that achieve only 39 aJ per event energy efficiency. This work provides new insights into symmetry-anisotropy coengineering in 2D materials, providing a novel platform for designing energy-efficient, high-speed switching electronics.
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