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Chen S, Zhou Z, Hou K, Wu X, He Q, Tang CG, Li T, Zhang X, Jie J, Gao Z, Mathews N, Leong WL. Artificial organic afferent nerves enable closed-loop tactile feedback for intelligent robot. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7056. [PMID: 39147776 PMCID: PMC11327256 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51403-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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The emulation of tactile sensory nerves to achieve advanced sensory functions in robotics with artificial intelligence is of great interest. However, such devices remain bulky and lack reliable competence to functionalize further synaptic devices with proprioceptive feedback. Here, we report an artificial organic afferent nerve with low operating bias (-0.6 V) achieved by integrating a pressure-activated organic electrochemical synaptic transistor and artificial mechanoreceptors. The dendritic integration function for neurorobotics is achieved to perceive directional movement of object, further reducing the control complexity by exploiting the distributed and parallel networks. An intelligent robot assembled with artificial afferent nerve, coupled with a closed-loop feedback program is demonstrated to rapidly implement slip recognition and prevention actions upon occurrence of object slippage. The spatiotemporal features of tactile patterns are well differentiated with a high recognition accuracy after processing spike-encoded signals with deep learning model. This work represents a breakthrough in mimicking synaptic behaviors, which is essential for next-generation intelligent neurorobotics and low-power biomimetic electronics.
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- Shuai Chen
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, PR China
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- Energy Research Institute @ NTU, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
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Xiong J, Xie J, Cheng B, Dai Y, Cui X, Wang L, Liu Z, Zhou J, Wang N, Xu X, Chen X, Cheong SW, Liang SJ, Miao F. Electrical switching of Ising-superconducting nonreciprocity for quantum neuronal transistor. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4953. [PMID: 38858363 PMCID: PMC11164936 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48882-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Nonreciprocal quantum transport effect is mainly governed by the symmetry breaking of the material systems and is gaining extensive attention in condensed matter physics. Realizing electrical switching of the polarity of the nonreciprocal transport without external magnetic field is essential to the development of nonreciprocal quantum devices. However, electrical switching of superconducting nonreciprocity remains yet to be achieved. Here, we report the observation of field-free electrical switching of nonreciprocal Ising superconductivity in Fe3GeTe2/NbSe2 van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure. By taking advantage of this electrically switchable superconducting nonreciprocity, we demonstrate a proof-of-concept nonreciprocal quantum neuronal transistor, which allows for implementing the XOR logic gate and faithfully emulating biological functionality of a cortical neuron in the brain. Our work provides a promising pathway to realize field-free and electrically switchable nonreciprocity of quantum transport and demonstrate its potential in exploring neuromorphic quantum devices with both functionality and performance beyond the traditional devices.
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- Junlin Xiong
- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Physical Sciences, School of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094, Nanjing, China.
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Center for Quantum Materials Synthesis and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Center for Quantum Materials Synthesis and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China.
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- Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China.
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Rocchino L, Balduini F, Schmid H, Molinari A, Luisier M, Süß V, Felser C, Gotsmann B, Zota CB. Magnetoresistive-coupled transistor using the Weyl semimetal NbP. Nat Commun 2024; 15:710. [PMID: 38267457 PMCID: PMC11258312 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44961-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Semiconductor transistors operate by modulating the charge carrier concentration of a channel material through an electric field coupled by a capacitor. This mechanism is constrained by the fundamental transport physics and material properties of such devices-attenuation of the electric field, and limited mobility and charge carrier density in semiconductor channels. In this work, we demonstrate a new type of transistor that operates through a different mechanism. The channel material is a Weyl semimetal, NbP, whose resistivity is modulated via a magnetic field generated by an integrated superconductor. Due to the exceptionally large electron mobility of this material, which reaches over 1,000,000 cm2/Vs, and the strong magnetoresistive coupling, the transistor can generate significant transconductance amplification at nanowatt levels of power. This type of device can enable new low-power amplifiers, suitable for qubit readout operation in quantum computers.
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- Lorenzo Rocchino
- IBM Research Europe-Zürich, Saümerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
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- IBM Research Europe-Zürich, Saümerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Europe-Zürich, Saümerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Europe-Zürich, Saümerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- IBM Research Europe-Zürich, Saümerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Europe-Zürich, Saümerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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Zha J, Xia Y, Shi S, Huang H, Li S, Qian C, Wang H, Yang P, Zhang Z, Meng Y, Wang W, Yang Z, Yu H, Ho JC, Wang Z, Tan C. A 2D Heterostructure-Based Multifunctional Floating Gate Memory Device for Multimodal Reservoir Computing. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308502. [PMID: 37862005 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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The demand for economical and efficient data processing has led to a surge of interest in neuromorphic computing based on emerging two-dimensional (2D) materials in recent years. As a rising van der Waals (vdW) p-type Weyl semiconductor with many intriguing properties, tellurium (Te) has been widely used in advanced electronics/optoelectronics. However, its application in floating gate (FG) memory devices for information processing has never been explored. Herein, an electronic/optoelectronic FG memory device enabled by Te-based 2D vdW heterostructure for multimodal reservoir computing (RC) is reported. When subjected to intense electrical/optical stimuli, the device exhibits impressive nonvolatile electronic memory behaviors including ≈108 extinction ratio, ≈100 ns switching speed, >4000 cycles, >4000-s retention stability, and nonvolatile multibit optoelectronic programmable characteristics. When the input stimuli weaken, the nonvolatile memory degrades into volatile memory. Leveraging these rich nonlinear dynamics, a multimodal RC system with high recognition accuracy of 90.77% for event-type multimodal handwritten digit-recognition is demonstrated.
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- Jiajia Zha
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- College of Integrated Circuits and Optoelectronic Chips, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518118, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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Zhang SH, Shao DF, Wang ZA, Yang J, Yang W, Tsymbal EY. Tunneling Valley Hall Effect Driven by Tilted Dirac Fermions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:246301. [PMID: 38181146 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.246301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Valleytronics is a research field utilizing a valley degree of freedom of electrons for information processing and storage. A strong valley polarization is critical for realistic valleytronic applications. Here, we predict a tunneling valley Hall effect (TVHE) driven by tilted Dirac fermions in all-in-one tunnel junctions based on a two-dimensional (2D) valley material. Different doping of the electrode and spacer regions in these tunnel junctions results in momentum filtering of the tunneling Dirac fermions, generating a strong transverse valley Hall current dependent on the Dirac-cone tilting. Using the parameters of an existing 2D valley material, we demonstrate that such a strong TVHE can host a giant valley Hall angle even in the absence of the Berry curvature. Finally, we predict that resonant tunneling can occur in a tunnel junction with properly engineered device parameters such as the spacer width and transport direction, providing significant enhancement of the valley Hall angle. Our work opens a new approach to generate valley polarization in realistic valleytronic systems.
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- Shu-Hui Zhang
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, USA
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