UC Davis

Two-dimensional-material-based memristor arrays hold promise for data-centric applications such as artificial intelligence and big data. However, accessing individual memristor cells and effectively controlling sneak current paths remain challenging. Here, we propose a van der Waals engineering approach to create one-transistor-one-memristor (1T1M) cells by assembling the emerging two-dimensional ferroelectric CuCrP₂S₆ with MoS₂ and h-BN. The memory cell exhibits high resistance tunability (10⁶), low sneak current (120 fA), and low static power (12 fW). A neuromorphic array with greatly reduced crosstalk is experimentally demonstrated. The nonvolatile resistance switching is driven by electric-field-induced ferroelectric polarization reversal. This van der Waals engineering approach offers a universal solution for creating compact and energy-efficient 2D in-memory computation systems for next-generation artificial neural networks.