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ArticleNature communications2025

An optoelectrochemical synapse based on a single-component n-type mixed conductor.

Yazhou Wang, Wentao Shan, Hanrui Li, Yizhou Zhong, Shofarul Wustoni, Johana Uribe, Tianrui Chang, Valentina E Musteata, Tania Cecilia Hidalgo Castillo, Wan Yue and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Yazhou Wang *Organic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-5567
Wentao Shan *Organic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Hanrui LiSmart, Advanced Memory Devices and Applications (SAMA) Laboratory, Computer Electrical Mathematical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6447-4211
Yizhou ZhongOrganic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Shofarul WustoniOrganic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3059-4503
Johana UribeOrganic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Tianrui ChangOrganic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Valentina E MusteataImaging and Characterization Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Tania Cecilia Hidalgo CastilloOrganic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Wan YueSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-8614
Haifeng LingState Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8555-0391
Nazek El-AtabSmart, Advanced Memory Devices and Applications (SAMA) Laboratory, Computer Electrical Mathematical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-2003
Sahika InalOrganic Bioelectronics Laboratory, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia. sahika.inal@kaust.edu.sa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-1512

Funding

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) ORA-2021-CRG10-4650, CRG10- 4668, CRG8-4095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) are materials that can be used to build bio-inspired electronic devices as they emulate ion-based cellular communication through doping with aqueous ionic charges. The integration of charge photogeneration and electrochemical doping processes in the polymer film enables optoelectronic applications that involve synaptic transistors. However, no OMIEC has yet been implemented to create a miniaturized photoactive platform capable of perceiving and processing multi-spectral visual information. Here, we present a materials and device design concept in which an n-type OMIEC film is incorporated into the micron-scale channel of an electrochemical transistor operating directly in an aqueous electrolyte under ambient conditions. The conjugated polymer channel, consisting of a fluorinated bisistain-lactone-bithiazole acceptor, has a current modulated in response to both electrical and optical stimuli, emulating the multimodal function of the visual nervous system. Our optoelectrochemical synapse achieves multilevel conductance states as well as transduction of visual information covering ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions of the spectrum - a range beyond that of the human visual system's perception. The resulting transistor active-matrix array is capable of adaptive sensing, memory, and pre-processing of visual information, demonstrating an efficient optoelectronic neuromorphic system with multi-task learning capability.

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