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ArticleACS omega2024

Light-Mediated Multilevel Neuromorphic Switching in a Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Memristor.

Ayoub H Jaafar, Neil T Kemp

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Article in ACS omega, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors.

Ayoub H JaafarSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7305-4542
Neil T KempSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1906-4608

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modulating memristors optically paves the way for new optoelectronic devices with applications in computer vision, neuromorphic computing, and artificial intelligence. Here, we report on memristors based on a hybrid material of vertically aligned zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The memristors require no forming step and exhibit the typical electronic switching properties of a bipolar memristor. The devices can also be switched optically and demonstrate an optically tunable multilevel switching behavior upon illumination with UV light. Additionally, the devices demonstrate high-performance photonic synaptic functionalities, including excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC), paired-pulse facilitation (PPF), and enhanced potentiation/depression and learning-forgetting characteristics. Notably, after the removal of the UV light, the optoelectronic memristor exhibits a short-term memory due to a persistent photoconductance (PPC) effect. Such a behavior has application in the fabrication of cloned neural networks with pretrained information. The work provides a promising pathway for the fabrication of simple, easy-to-make, and low-cost optoelectronic devices for memory and optically tuned neuromorphic computing applications.

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PMID39758653
PMCPMC11696397

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