Electromechanical switching device with electrodes having 2D layered materials with distinct functional areas

A method of operating an electromechanical switching device, the method comprising:

• actuating, via an actuation mechanism, at least one of a first electrode and a second electrode;
• the first electrode comprising layers of a first 2D layered material, which layers exhibit a first surface and a first magnetic domain, the first magnetic domain comprising a first uniform magnetization direction;
• the second electrode stacked over the first electrode and comprising layers of a second 2D layered material, which layers exhibit a first portion comprising a first surface and a first magnetic domain and a second portion comprising a second surface and a second magnetic domain, the first magnetic domain of the second electrode comprising the first uniform magnetization direction and the second magnetic domain of the second electrode comprising a second uniform magnetization direction opposite the first direction, the first and second surfaces of the second electrode opposite the first surface of the first electrode;
• wherein said actuation changes an amount of overlap between the first electrode and the second electrode such that a first actuation results in no overlap, a second actuation results in a partial overlap, and a third actuation results in a complete overlap;
• wherein the electrical conductance transverse to the first surface of the first electrode and the first and second surfaces of the second electrode changes as a function of the offset between the first magnetic domain of the first electrode and the first and second magnetic domains of the second electrode.