# Ferroelectricity in graphene nanoribbon devices enabled by collective water molecule dynamics

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65922-6

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2025-12-09

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## Title

- title: Ferroelectricity in graphene nanoribbon devices enabled by collective water
    molecule dynamics
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: We investigate the role of water in the ferroelectric behavior of networks
    compris- ing graphene nanoribbons integrated into field effect transistors. We
    propose that the collective behavior of water molecules influences the system’s
    dynamics, facilitated by fixed bridging water molecules between the layers and
    moving clusters formed by sur- rounding molecules. To gain a deeper understanding,
    we analyze the dependence of the observed phenomena on various factors, including
    the number of layers, temperature, and the application of external electric fields.
    Our experimental findings demonstrate that achieving temperature stability in
    the ferroelectric effect necessitates a minimum bilayer thickness. The experimental
    results provide compelling evidence for the pres- ence of the remnant field, in
    line with the findings obtained from the simulations. This study sheds light on
    the underlying mechanisms governing the ferroelectric behavior in graphene nanoribbons
    and offers insights for the design of ferroelectric heterostruc- tures and neuromorphic
    circuits.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: und

## Creator

- name: Muhammad Awais Aslam
  role: author
- name: Igor Stanković
  role: author
- name: Gennadiy Murastov
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- name: Amy Carl
  role: author
- name: Muhammad Zubair Khan
  role: author
- name: Zehao Song
  role: author
- name: Kenji Watanabe
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Takashi Taniguchi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Alois Lugstein
  role: author
- name: Christian Teichert
  role: author
- name: Roman Gorbachev
  role: author
- name: Raul D. Rodriguez
  role: author
- name: Aleksandar Matković
  role: author

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organization: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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## Keyword

- subject: graphene nanoribbon
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- subject: 'ferroelectricity
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- subject: 'water molecule dynamics
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## Rights

- identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  date_licensed: 2025-12-09

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## Journal

- title: Nature Communications
  issn: '20411723'
  volume: '16'
  issue: '1'
  article_number: '10982'

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