Randomized trial demonstrates the impact of adsorption on ferroelectric polarization in 2D materials, suggesting new applications.
, as confirmed by Berry-phase polarization calculations. This asymmetry persists in the presence of a static interfacial water layer, indicating that adsorption-polarization coupling remains effective under realistic environmental conditions. In all investigated systems, the adsorption complexes remain semiconducting, indicating that molecular adsorption does not suppress the intrinsic semiconducting character of monolayer CIPS. Electronic structure analysis reveals FE-state-dependent electronic asymmetry and characteristic projected density of states (PDOS) signatures arising from Cu-molecule hybridization, providing experimentally accessible spectroscopic fingerprints. Relative energetics of representative Cu-displacement configurations suggest that polarization evolution proceeds through intermediate ferrielectric (FiE) and antiferroelectric-like (AFE-like) states without requiring a paraelectric (PE) intermediate, even under molecular adsorption. These results demonstrate that molecular adsorption can serve as an effective route for tuning ferroelectric polarization and near-surface electronic structure in 2D ferroic materials. Based on these findings, we propose a monolayer CIPS-based ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FET) architecture in which adsorption-induced polarization asymmetry may influence the local electronic response of the CIPS channel. This work establishes an atomistic framework for understanding adsorption-induced polarization asymmetry in 2D ferroelectrics and suggests potential implications for future ferroelectric sensing architectures.
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