Researchers modulate 2D material properties via bending-induced interlayer sliding

Researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang University, University of Science and Technology of China and Minjiang University recently proposed a new strategy to precisely manipulate interlayer stacking orders and related properties in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals layered materials via mechanical bending, enabling efficient electric polarization switching.