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VAN DER WAALS HETEROSTRUCTURES

Multifunctional devices from asymmetry

A heterostructure made from various two-dimensional materials can be used to build a device that functions as a diode, transistor, photodetector and non-volatile memory.

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Fig. 1: Multifunctional asymmetric van der Waals heterostructure devices.

reproduced from ref. 4, Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

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Wu, Y. Multifunctional devices from asymmetry. Nat Electron 1, 331–332 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-018-0093-1

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