Oxygen‐Mediated Topological Growth of MoS <sub>2</sub> for Symmetry‐Anisotropy Coengineered Ultrafast Electronic Switching
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-C<sub>6</sub> symmetry and high in-plane anisotropy in a star-like monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> 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 (µA<sub>C</sub> = 84.06 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>-1</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, µ<sub>ZZ</sub> = 57.80 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>-1</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>) and widely tunable electronic anisotropy ratios (I<sub>AC</sub>/I<sub>ZZ</sub>) 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.
Authors
- Yongshuai Wang
- Fan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0468-2868)
- Dechao Geng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6224-6426)
- Aiqing Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3512-6824)
- Wenping Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5686-2740)
- Y. Zhang
- Lin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0426-6546)
- Gao Junfeng
- Qing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9151-2727)
- Wei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5064-0917)
- Hechen Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2542-856X)
Institutions
- Tianjin University of Technology (CN)
- Tianjin Normal University (CN)
- Tianjin University (CN)
- Dalian University of Technology (CN)
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (CN)
- Ministry of Education (PT)
- Unité Matériaux et Transformations (FR)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202513984
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.52
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences