Exploiting the light–matter interplay to realize advanced light responsive multimodal platforms is an emerging strategy to engineer bioinspired systems such as optoelectronic synaptic devices. However, existing neuroinspired optoelectronic devices rely on complex processing of hybrid materials which often do not exhibit the required features for biological interfacing such as biocompatibility and low Young’s modulus. Recently, organic photoelec- trochemical transistors (OPECTs) have paved the way towards multimodal devices that can better couple to biological systems benefiting from the characteristics of conjugated polymers. Neurohybrid OPECTs can be designed to optimally interface neuronal systems while resembling typical plasticity- driven processes to create more sophisticated integrated architectures between neuron and neuromorphic ends. Here, an innovative photo- switchable PEDOT:PSS was synthesized and successfully integrated into an OPECT. The OPECT device uses an azobenzene-based organic neuro-hybrid building block to mimic the retina’s structure exhibiting the capability to emulate visual pathways. Moreover, dually operating the device with opto- and electrical functions, a light-dependent conditioning and extinction processes were achieved faithful mimicking synaptic neural functions such as short- and long-term plasticity.
Azobenzene-based optoelectronic transistors for neurohybrid building blocks / Corrado, Federica; Bruno, Ugo; Prato, Mirko; Carella, Antonio; Criscuolo, Valeria; Massaro, Arianna; Pavone, Michele; MUNOZ GARCIA, ANA BELEN; Forti, Stiven; Coletti, Camilla; Bettucci &, Ottavia; Santoro, Francesca. - In: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 2041-1723. - 14:(2023), pp. 1-12. [10.1038/s41467-023-41083-2]
Azobenzene-based optoelectronic transistors for neurohybrid building blocks
Antonio Carella;Valeria Criscuolo;Arianna Massaro;Michele Pavone;Ana Belen Munoz Garcia;
2023
Abstract
Exploiting the light–matter interplay to realize advanced light responsive multimodal platforms is an emerging strategy to engineer bioinspired systems such as optoelectronic synaptic devices. However, existing neuroinspired optoelectronic devices rely on complex processing of hybrid materials which often do not exhibit the required features for biological interfacing such as biocompatibility and low Young’s modulus. Recently, organic photoelec- trochemical transistors (OPECTs) have paved the way towards multimodal devices that can better couple to biological systems benefiting from the characteristics of conjugated polymers. Neurohybrid OPECTs can be designed to optimally interface neuronal systems while resembling typical plasticity- driven processes to create more sophisticated integrated architectures between neuron and neuromorphic ends. Here, an innovative photo- switchable PEDOT:PSS was synthesized and successfully integrated into an OPECT. The OPECT device uses an azobenzene-based organic neuro-hybrid building block to mimic the retina’s structure exhibiting the capability to emulate visual pathways. Moreover, dually operating the device with opto- and electrical functions, a light-dependent conditioning and extinction processes were achieved faithful mimicking synaptic neural functions such as short- and long-term plasticity.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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