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Huanhuan Wei1,2, Zhipeng Xu1, Yao Ni1
1Institute of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Nankai University, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering of Nankai University, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A mixed-dimensional dual-channel synaptic transistor composed of inorganic nanoparticles and organic nanowires was fabricated to expand the photoelectric gain range. The device can actualize the sensitization features of the nociceptor and shows improved responsiveness to visible light. Under electrical pulses with different polarities, the apparatus exhibits reconfigurable asymmetric bidirectional plasticity. Moreover, the devices demonstrate good operational tolerance and mechanical stability, retaining more than 60% of their maximum responsiveness after 100 consecutive/bidirectional and 1000 flex/flat operations. The improved photoelectric response of the device endows a high image recognition accuracy of greater than 80%. Asymmetric bidirectional plasticity is used as punishment/reward in a psychological experiment to emulate the improvement of learning motivation and enables real-time forward and backward deflection (+7 and -25°) of artificial muscle. The mixed-dimensional optoelectronic artificial synapses with switchable behavior and electron/hole transport type have important prospects for neuromorphic processing and artificial somatosensory nerves.
