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Twelve-inch electrically anisotropic boridene for optoelectronic computing.

Yiqiang Zheng^1,2, Hangyu Xu^3,4, Hao Xu^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Nature Nanotechnology

|February 18, 2026

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A new low-temperature material, Mo4/3B2Tz boridene, enables scalable neuromorphic optoelectronic computing. This breakthrough facilitates wafer-scale integration for advanced in-sensor processing and ophthalmic disorder diagnosis.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Optoelectronics

Background:

Optoelectronic computing devices with bipolar responses simplify complex task processing.
Integrating neuromorphic optoelectronic arrays with peripheral circuits is challenging due to high temperatures and device non-uniformity.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a low-thermal-budget platform for neuromorphic optoelectronics.
To enable large-scale, in-sensor computing with improved device integration and performance.

Main Methods:

Deposition of Mo4/3B2Tz (Tz = O, OH, F) boridene below 150°C.
Characterization of electrical anisotropy and photoresponses using conductive atomic force microscopy and first-principles simulations.
Fabrication of a 54x54-pixel optoelectronic computing array.

Main Results:

Mo4/3B2Tz boridene exhibits wafer-scale uniformity and a simplified three-terminal device architecture.
The material shows intrinsic bipolar and highly linear programmable photoresponses.
A 54x54-pixel array achieved 99.48% yield with 16 separable states, demonstrating ophthalmic disorder diagnosis in a 3k-pixel prototype.

Conclusions:

Mo4/3B2Tz boridene is a scalable nanomaterial platform for neuromorphic optoelectronics.
This material facilitates practical implementations of in-sensor computing.
The developed technology shows potential for medical diagnostics.