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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2021
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Deji Akinwande, Austin, TX (US);
Xiaohan Wu, Boise, ID (US);
Ruijing Ge, Boise, ID (US);
Jack C. Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a 2-dimensional (2D) non-volatile switch (2DNS), with a vertical metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure that includes a semiconducting monolayer crystalline non-metallic atomic sheet sandwiched between a top metal electrode and a bottom metal electrode. The 2DNS is able to perform stable non-volatile resistance switching, including both unipolar and bipolar switching, with a high ON/OFF ratio, low ON resistance, and low operating voltage. The monolayer atomic sheet may include hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) or a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD), such as MoS, MoSe, WS, or WSe. The present disclosure also provides methods for synthesizing a semiconducting monolayer crystalline non-metallic atomic sheet on a target substrate. The monolayer atomic sheet may include h-BN or a TMD, such as MoS, MoSe, WS, or WSe.