CuInP2S6 (CIPS)
CuInP2S6 is a ferroelectric semiconductor 2D material having a Curie temperature of ~315K. The layers are stacked together via van der Waals interactions and can be exfoliated into thin 2D layers.
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The CuInP2S6 crystals produced at HQ Graphene have a typical lateral size of ~0.1-0.3 cm, hexagonal shaped and have a yellow appearance.
More information about the CuInP2S6 crystals we sell can be found below.
| Crystal size | ~2-3 mm (multiple crystals will be shipped in one order) |
| Electrical properties | Ferroelectric semiconductor (Curie temperature ~315K) |
| Crystal structure | Monoclinic |
| Unit cell parameters | a = 0.608 nm, b = 1.053 nm, c = 1.358 nm, α = γ = 90°, β = 107.204° |
| Monolayer properties |  Link to C2DB containing calculated properties |
| Type | Synthetic |
| Purity | >99.995 % |
| Characterized by | XRD, EDX |
| More information? | Please contact us by email or phone |
The single crystal CuInP2S6 is characterized using:
XRD: single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (D8 Venture Bruker and D8 Advance Bruker)EDX: Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for stoichiometric analysis
XRD and EDX on CuInP2S6:
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HQ Graphene Wiki on:
CuInP2S6 (CIPS)
1. Dey, A., et al. "Memristive effects due to charge transfer in graphene gated through ferroelectric CuInP2S6." 2D Materials 9.3 (2022): 035003.
2. Li, B., et al. "An electronic synapse based on 2D ferroelectric CuInP2S6." Advanced Electronic Materials 6.12 (2020): 2000760.
3. Ma, R.R., et al. "High-speed ultraviolet photodetectors based on 2D layered CuInP2S6 nanoflakes." Applied Physics Letters 117.13 (2020): 131102.
4. Mao, X., et al. "Nonvolatile Electric Control of Exciton Complexes in Monolayer MoSe2 with Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric CuInP2S6." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13.20 (2021): 24250-24257.