In history,semiconductor-metal-semiconductor transistor(SMST)was proposed for frequency improvement.However,a general fabrication method is still missing due to the unsolved technological problem of deposition of a ge...In history,semiconductor-metal-semiconductor transistor(SMST)was proposed for frequency improvement.However,a general fabrication method is still missing due to the unsolved technological problem of deposition of a general crystalline semiconductor on metal,and a thinner metal base is also difficult to be fabricated with high quality.Recently,due to the atomic thickness of graphene,the concept of semiconductor-graphene-semiconductor transistor(SGST)has emerged which leads to the renaissance of SMST,however the experimental study is in its infancy.In this letter,SMST and SGST are fabricated using Si membrane transfer.It is found the common base current gain can be improved from about 0.5%in a Si-Au-Si transistor to about 1%in a Si-Gr-Ge one,and to above 10%in a Si-Gr-Si one,which is attributed to both the ultra-thin thickness and the quantum capacitance effect of graphene.展开更多
Metal phthalocyanine is considered one of the most promising candidates for the design and fabrication of flexible resistive random access memory(RRAM)devices due to its intrinsic flexibility and excellent functionali...Metal phthalocyanine is considered one of the most promising candidates for the design and fabrication of flexible resistive random access memory(RRAM)devices due to its intrinsic flexibility and excellent functionality.However,performance degradation and the lack of multi-level capability,which can directly expand the storage capacity in one memory cell without sacrificing additional layout area,are the primary obstacles to the use of metal phthalocyanine RRAMs in information storage.Here,a flexible RRAM with pristine nickel phthalocyanine(Ni Pc)as the resistive layer is reported for multi-level data storage.Due to its high trap-concentration,the charge transport behavior of the device agrees well with classical space charge limited conduction controlled by traps,leading to an excellent performance,including a high on-off current ratio of 107,a long-term retention of 106s,a reproducible endurance over6000 cycles,long-term flexibility at a bending strain of 0.6%,a write speed of 50 ns under sequential bias pulses and the capability of multi-level data storage with reliable retention and uniformity.展开更多
Accurate recognition of low-contrast targets in complex visual environments is essential for advanced intelligent machine vision systems.Conventional photodetectors often suffer from a weak photoresponse and a linear ...Accurate recognition of low-contrast targets in complex visual environments is essential for advanced intelligent machine vision systems.Conventional photodetectors often suffer from a weak photoresponse and a linear dependence of photocurrent on light intensity,which restricts their ability to capture low-contrast features and makes them susceptible to noise.Inspired by the adaptive mechanisms of the human visual system,we present a molybdenum disulfide(MoS2)phototransistor with tunable sensitivity,in which the gate stack incorporates a heterostructure diode—composed of O-plasma-treated MoS2 and pristine MoS2—that serves as the photosensitive layer.This configuration enables light-intensity-dependent modulation of the diode’s conductance,which dynamically in turn alters the voltage distribution across the gate dielectric and transistor channel,leading to a significant photoresponse.By modulating the gate voltage,the light response range can be finely tuned,maintaining high sensitivity to low-contrast targets while suppressing noise interference.Compared to conventional photodetectors,the proposed device achieves a 1000-fold improvement in sensitivity for low-contrast signal detection and exhibits significantly enhanced noise immunity.The intelligent machine vision system built on this device demonstrates exceptional performance in detecting low-contrast targets,underscoring its promise for next-generation machine vision applications.展开更多
Since Moore's Law was proposed in the 1970s, the size of silicon(Si) transistors has continuously shrunk, significantly increasing the integration density and computational power of integrated circuits [1].
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62074150,61704175)Chinese Academy of Sciences(SYNL Young Talent Project 2020,SKLA-2019-03,Project Young Merit Scholars)。
摘要In history,semiconductor-metal-semiconductor transistor(SMST)was proposed for frequency improvement.However,a general fabrication method is still missing due to the unsolved technological problem of deposition of a general crystalline semiconductor on metal,and a thinner metal base is also difficult to be fabricated with high quality.Recently,due to the atomic thickness of graphene,the concept of semiconductor-graphene-semiconductor transistor(SGST)has emerged which leads to the renaissance of SMST,however the experimental study is in its infancy.In this letter,SMST and SGST are fabricated using Si membrane transfer.It is found the common base current gain can be improved from about 0.5%in a Si-Au-Si transistor to about 1%in a Si-Gr-Ge one,and to above 10%in a Si-Gr-Si one,which is attributed to both the ultra-thin thickness and the quantum capacitance effect of graphene.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61574143,61704175,51502304)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB30000000)+2 种基金the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.ZDBS-LY-JSC027)Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program(No.XLYC1807109)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFB0401104)。
摘要Metal phthalocyanine is considered one of the most promising candidates for the design and fabrication of flexible resistive random access memory(RRAM)devices due to its intrinsic flexibility and excellent functionality.However,performance degradation and the lack of multi-level capability,which can directly expand the storage capacity in one memory cell without sacrificing additional layout area,are the primary obstacles to the use of metal phthalocyanine RRAMs in information storage.Here,a flexible RRAM with pristine nickel phthalocyanine(Ni Pc)as the resistive layer is reported for multi-level data storage.Due to its high trap-concentration,the charge transport behavior of the device agrees well with classical space charge limited conduction controlled by traps,leading to an excellent performance,including a high on-off current ratio of 107,a long-term retention of 106s,a reproducible endurance over6000 cycles,long-term flexibility at a bending strain of 0.6%,a write speed of 50 ns under sequential bias pulses and the capability of multi-level data storage with reliable retention and uniformity.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFA1200801)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62304226,52188101,62450124,62125406)+9 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2024T170946,2023M733574)the Excellent Youth Fund Project of Liaoning Province(2023JH3/10200003)the Outstanding Youth Fund Project of Liaoning Province(2025JH6/101100015)the Special Projects of the Central Government in Guidance of Local Science and Technology Development(2024010859-JH6/1006)the Special Research Assistantship Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(E455L502)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant Number GZB20230776the Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Public Opinion and Network Security Information System(d252453002)the Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Project of Liaoning Province(Grant No.2023JH26/10300019)the Young Top-notch Talents of the National High-level Talent Special Support Program,the basic scientific research project of universities funded by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education(LJ212510140016)the Liaoning Province High-quality Industry-University Cooperation and Collaborative Education Project(241201160090747)。
摘要Accurate recognition of low-contrast targets in complex visual environments is essential for advanced intelligent machine vision systems.Conventional photodetectors often suffer from a weak photoresponse and a linear dependence of photocurrent on light intensity,which restricts their ability to capture low-contrast features and makes them susceptible to noise.Inspired by the adaptive mechanisms of the human visual system,we present a molybdenum disulfide(MoS2)phototransistor with tunable sensitivity,in which the gate stack incorporates a heterostructure diode—composed of O-plasma-treated MoS2 and pristine MoS2—that serves as the photosensitive layer.This configuration enables light-intensity-dependent modulation of the diode’s conductance,which dynamically in turn alters the voltage distribution across the gate dielectric and transistor channel,leading to a significant photoresponse.By modulating the gate voltage,the light response range can be finely tuned,maintaining high sensitivity to low-contrast targets while suppressing noise interference.Compared to conventional photodetectors,the proposed device achieves a 1000-fold improvement in sensitivity for low-contrast signal detection and exhibits significantly enhanced noise immunity.The intelligent machine vision system built on this device demonstrates exceptional performance in detecting low-contrast targets,underscoring its promise for next-generation machine vision applications.
摘要Since Moore's Law was proposed in the 1970s, the size of silicon(Si) transistors has continuously shrunk, significantly increasing the integration density and computational power of integrated circuits [1].