Principles and Applications of Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Material Devices for Reconfigurable Electronics

Abstract

With the advances in edge computing and artificial intelligence, the demands of multifunctional electronics with large area efficiency are increased. As the scaling down of the conventional transistor is restricted by physical limits, reconfigurable electronics are developed to promote the functional integration of integrated circuits. Reconfigurable electronics refer to electronics with switchable functionalities, including reconfigurable logic operation functionalities and reconfigurable responses to electrical or optical signals. Reconfigurable electronics integrate data-processing capabilities with reduced size. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials exhibit excellent modulation capabilities through electrical and optical signals, and structural designs of 2D material devices achieve versatile and switchable functionalities. 2D semiconductors have great potential to develop advanced reconfigurable electronics. Recent years witnessed the rapid development of 2D material devices for reconfigurable electronics. This work focuses on the working principles of 2D material devices used for reconfigurable electronics, discusses applications of 2D-material-based reconfigurable electronics in logic operation and artificial intelligence, and further provides a future outlook for the development of reconfigurable electronics based on 2D material devices.