PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Electron.
Sec. Nano- and Microelectronics
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/felec.2025.1651937
Future prospect of anisotropic 2D tin sulfide (SnS) for emerging electronic and quantum device applications
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, United States
- 2Stevens Institute of Technology, Center for Quantum Scienec and Engineering, Hoboken, United States
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The family of anisotropic two-dimensional (2D) emerging materials is rapidly evolving due to their low crystal symmetry and in-plane structural anisotropy. Among these, 2D tin sulfide (SnS) has gained significant attention because of its distinctive crystalline symmetry and the resulting extraordinary anisotropic physical properties. This perspective explores recent developments in anisotropic 2D SnS. In particular, it highlights advances in isolating high-quality SnS monolayers (1L-SnS) and in applying advanced techniques for anisotropic characterization. The discussion continues with an overview of the anisotropic optical and electronic properties of SnS, followed by recent progress in emerging electronic device applications, including energy conversion & storage, neuromorphic (synaptic) systems, spintronics and quantum technologies. In addition to presenting significant research findings on SnS, this perspective outlines current limitations and discusses emerging opportunities and future prospects for its application in quantum devices.
Keywords: Anisotrapy, 2D Tin disulfide nanoflakes, Synthesis, ferroelectric, Nonlinear optics, Energy device, synaptic devices, Quantum devices
Received: 22 Jun 2025; Accepted: 15 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Abdus Salam Sarkar, Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, United States
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