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Sol-Kyu Lee1, Young Woon Cho1, Jong-Sung Lee1, Young-Ran Jung1, Seung-Hyun Oh1, Jeong-Yun Sun1, SangBum Kim1, Young-Chang Joo1.
Abstract
Organic neuromorphic computing/sensing platforms are a promising concept for local monitoring and processing of biological signals in real time. Neuromorphic devices and sensors with low conductance for low power consumption and high conductance for low-impedance sensing are desired. However, it has been a struggle to find materials and fabrication methods that satisfy both of these properties simultaneously in a single substrate. Here, nanofiber channels with a self-formed ion-blocking layer are fabricated to create organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) that can be tailored to achieve low-power neuromorphic computing and fast-response sensing by transferring different amounts of electrospun nanofibers to each device. With their nanofiber architecture, the OECTs exhibit a low switching energy of 113 fJ and operate within a wide bandwidth (cut-off frequency of 13.5 kHz), opening a new paradigm for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing/sensing platforms in a biological environment without the leakage of personal information.Entities:
Keywords: nanofiber channel; neuromorphic; organic electrochemical transistors; sensors
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34026425 PMCID: PMC8132164 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001544
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Sci (Weinh) ISSN: 2198-3844 Impact factor: 16.806
Figure 1A nanofiber channel OECT and the effect of DMSO on PEDOT:PSS/PAAm nanofibers. a) Schematic of a PEDOT:PSS/PAAm nanofiber channel OECT. b) Schematic explaining the all‐directional migration of ions through the surface of a nanofiber. SEM images of c) as‐spun and d) DMSO‐treated nanofibers. Scale bar: 2 µm. e) XPS wide scan results of as‐spun and DMSO‐treated PEDOT:PSS/PAAm nanofibers used to compare the relative content of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and sulfur. f) Comparison of atomic percentage changes in certain elements before and after DMSO treatment. XPS spectra of the S 2p peak of g) as‐spun and h) DMSO‐treated PEDOT:PSS/PAAm nanofibers.
Figure 2Steady‐state and transient characteristics. a) Transfer curve with associated g m and b) output curve (W/L = 80 µm/2.5 µm). c) Temporal response of I D (W/L = 40 µm/2.5 µm). The exponential fit of I D is plotted, indicating time constants (τ) of 84 µs (region ‘1’) and 439 µs (region ‘2’). d) Frequency dependence of g m with f cut‐off, which is defined as a 3 dB roll‐off of the initially measured g m in this measurement (V D = −0.4 V, V G = ±0.1 V). e) Transfer characteristics showing the tunable electrical conductance of the OECT with 30 µL (solid) and 0.5 µL (open) nanofiber channels (V D = −0.4 V, W/L = 80 µm/2.5 µm). Inset: cross‐section schematics of nanofiber channel OECTs with 30 µL (top) and 0.5 µL (bottom) nanofibers. f) Comparison of g m at f cut‐off for PEDOT:PSS film and nanofiber channel OECTs.
Figure 3Neuromorphic behavior. a) Comparison of energy consumption associated with short‐term plasticity in other synaptic devices. b) LTD derived by applying consecutive V G pulses (V D = −0.2 V, pulse interval = 100 s). c) LTD and LTP with respect to pulse number (50 and 100) with symmetric pulses (V D = −0.15 V, pulse interval = 500 ms). d) Analog channel conductance modulation under 50 repeated LTD and LTP pulses (V D = −0.3 V, pulse interval = 300 ms). e) Circuits for nanofiber channel OECT‐ and access device‐based crossbars. f) Simulated artificial neural network accuracy for MNIST handwritten digit classification in online (blue) and offline learning (gray) for the nanofiber channel synaptic device and the ideal device accuracy (red). The simulation is performed on the basis of experimentally measured characteristics extracted from 5 depression/potentiation cycles in d).