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Controlling ferroelectric-like gating in two‑dimensional stacks
Graphene encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride sometimes shows a puzzling ferroelectric-like memory effect. A rotatable device reveals that this effect can be turned on and off by twisting the two hexagonal boron nitride layers away from perfect alignment, resolving debates and raising fundamental questions about the microscopic origin of interface polarity in twisted van der Waals stacks.