%0 Journal Article %K thin films %K Ferroelectric materials %K ferroelectricity %K Non-volatile memory %K Ferroelectric films %K Transition metals %K Ferroelectric thin films %K Field effect transistors %K Nonvolatile storage %K Memory performance %K Optical memory effect %K Thin film ferroelectrics %K Transition metal dichalcogenides %A C Ko %A Y Lee %A Y H Chen %A J Suh %A D Fu %A A Suslu %A S Lee %A J.D Clarkson %A H.S Choe %A S Tongay %A Ramamoorthy Ramesh %A J Wu %B Advanced Materials %D 2016 %G eng %I Wiley-VCH Verlag %P 2923-2930 %R 10.1002/adma.201504779 %T Ferroelectrically gated atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides as nonvolatile memory %V 28 %X Ferroelectrically driven nonvolatile memory is demonstrated by interfacing 2D semiconductors and ferroelectric thin films, exhibiting superior memory performance comparable to existing thin-film ferroelectric field-effect transistors. An optical memory effect is also observed with large modulation of photoluminescence tuned by the ferroelectric gating, potentially finding applications in optoelectronics and valleytronics. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.