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    Layered thio- and seleno-phosphate ferroelectrics show promise for next-generation memory but have thermal stability issues. Using the electric field-driven phase transition in antiferroelectric CuCrP2S6, the authors introduce a robust memristor, emphasizing the potential of van der Waals antiferroelectrics in advanced neuromorphic computing.

    • Yinchang Ma
    • , Yuan Yan
    •  & Xixiang Zhang

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    Few studies have investigated the structural properties of organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors in relation to the transient device characteristics. Here, Kim et al. show that backbone-dependent molecular orientation affects ion injection directionality, which determines ion mobility and transient response.

    • Ji Hwan Kim
    • , Roman Halaksa
    •  & Myung-Han Yoon

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    Transfer printing of inorganic semiconductors is essential for high-performance flexible electronics. Here, Park et al. report the micro-vacuum assisted selective transfer to integrate inorganic thin-film semiconductors on unusual substrates.

    • Sang Hyun Park
    • , Tae Jin Kim
    •  & Keon Jae Lee

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    The authors demonstrate a large ensemble of quantum dots which is characterized using a cryogenic multiplexer-demultiplexer circuit based on selective area growth nanowires, establishing the feasibility of scaling future quantum circuits.

    • Dāgs Olšteins
    • , Gunjan Nagda
    •  & Thomas S. Jespersen

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    “The interface mismatch of soft substrates and rigid silicon-based microelectronics frequently causes failures of integrated circuits. Here, the authors develop a stretchable solder based on liquid metal-polymer composites which enables seamless integration of electronic components with soft substrates, showcasing high conductivity and stretchability”.

    • Liqing Ai
    • , Weikang Lin
    •  & Xi Yao

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    Designing high performance organic neuromorphic devices remains a challenge. Here, Liu et al. report the development of an organic synapse based on a semicrystalline polymer PBFCL10 with device dimension of 50 nm and integration size of 1 Kb and a mixed‐signal neuromorphic hardware system based on the organic neuromatrix and FPGA controller for decision‐making tasks.

    • Shuzhi Liu
    • , Jianmin Zeng
    •  & Gang Liu

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    Colloidal quantum dots remain unexplored for applications in single-electron devices. Here, the authors demonstrate single-electron transistors using single PbS colloidal quantum dot, highlighting their room-temperature operation.

    • Kenji Shibata
    • , Masaki Yoshida
    •  & Yoshihiro Iwasa

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    Body area networks represent a wearable technology suitable for applications like virtual reality and health monitoring. Here, the study presents a wireless battery-free channel that works reliably in harsh environments, including underwater. It utilizes stretchable magneto-inductive metamaterials to enable uninterrupted communication.

    • Amirhossein Hajiaghajani
    • , Patrick Rwei
    •  & Peter Tseng

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    Artificial sensory systems are typically limited by their performance and response to static and dynamic stimuli. Here, Bai et al. propose an iontronic slip-sensor, which responds to both static pressure and high-frequency vibrations up to 400 Hz, achieving high spatiotemporal resolution for texture recognition.

    • Ningning Bai
    • , Yiheng Xue
    •  & Chuan Fei Guo

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    CuCrP2S6 is a potential candidate for realizing low-dimensional multiferroicity. Here, authors report direct observation of robust out-of-plane ferroelectricity in the two-dimensional van der Waals layered CuCrP2S6 at room temperature down to 2.6 nm and study its origin from an atomic perspective. (299 in total)

    • Weng Fu Io
    • , Sin -Yi Pang
    •  & Jianhua Hao

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    Oxygen is the most limiting factor in cell transplantation. Here, the authors present an on-site oxygen production platform for implantable cell therapeutics via electrocatalytic water electrolysis, demonstrating the maintenance of high cell loading in hypoxic incubation and a rat model.

    • Inkyu Lee
    • , Abhijith Surendran
    •  & Tzahi Cohen-Karni

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    Probabilistic computing has recently emerged as a promising energy-based computing system for solving non-deterministic polynomial-time-hard (NP-hard) problems. Here the authors develop a novel pbit unit, using NbOx volatile memristor, in which a self-clocking oscillator harnesses noise-induced metal-insulator transition, enabling high-performance probabilistic computing.

    • Hakseung Rhee
    • , Gwangmin Kim
    •  & Kyung Min Kim

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    Circularly polarized light adds a unique dimension to optical information processing and communication. Here, the authors present a development of a photonic artificial synapse device using chiral perovskite hybrid materials and carbon nanotubes. The heterostructure exhibits efficient synaptic and neuromorphic behaviors, enabling accurate recognition of circularly polarized images.

    • Qi Liu
    • , Qi Wei
    •  & Mingjie Li

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    Physical reservoirs that contain intrinsic nonlinear dynamic processes could serve as next-generation dynamic computing systems. Here, Liu et al. introduced an interface-type transistor based on oxygen ion dynamics to perform reservoir computing.

    • Zhuohui Liu
    • , Qinghua Zhang
    •  & Chen Ge

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    Printed stretchable electronics with sustainable elastomers are typically limited by their electro-mechanical performances. Herein, Lv et al. report a sustainable vegetable oil-based polyurethane-enabled printed conductor with high performance enabled by the porous binder and sintering of silver flakes.

    • Jian Lv
    • , Gurunathan Thangavel
    •  & Pooi See Lee

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    Designing efficient 3D artificial neural networks chip remains a challenge. Here, the authors report a M3D-LIME chip with monolithic three-dimensional integration of hybrid memory architecture based on resistive random-access memory, which achieves a high classification accuracy of 96% in one-shot learning task while exhibiting 18.3× higher energy efficiency than GPU.

    • Yijun Li
    • , Jianshi Tang
    •  & Huaqiang Wu

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    Minimal invasiveness and robust signal detection are required in neural probes. Here, the authors develop NeuroWeb, an ultra-thin, minimally invasive surface electrode array. In vivo electrophysiological and optogenetic experiments show single-unit activity of neurons with high signal-to-noise ratio.

    • Jung Min Lee
    • , Young-Woo Pyo
    •  & Hong-Gyu Park

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    The authors showcase a method to design negative lumped elements by engineering the effective permittivity within the waveguide, which enables realizations of wideband waveguide metatronics and promises performance enhancement in various fields.

    • Xu Qin
    • , Pengyu Fu
    •  & Yue Li

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    Designing efficient optoelectronic synaptic devices with advanced light responsive multimodal platforms remains a challenge. Here, the authors report on an organic optoelectronic neuromorphic platform that is based on conductive polymers and light-sensitive molecules that can be used to imitate the retina including visual pathways and typical memory processes of neurons.

    • Federica Corrado
    • , Ugo Bruno
    •  & Francesca Santoro

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    Designing efficient neuromorphic systems based on nanowire networks remains a challenge. Here, Zhu et al. demonstrate brain-inspired learning and memory of spatiotemporal features using nanowire networks capable of MNIST handwritten digit classification and a novel sequence memory task performed in an online manner.

    • Ruomin Zhu
    • , Sam Lilak
    •  & Zdenka Kuncic

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    Designing a high-density memory array to effectively manage large data volumes remains a challenge. Here, the authors introduce a stacked ferroelectric memory array comprised of laterally gated ferroelectric field-effect transistors device with high vertical scalability and efficient memory properties, making it suitable for 3D in-memory computing structures.

    • Sangyong Park
    • , Dongyoung Lee
    •  & Jin-Hong Park

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    Neuro-inspired vision systems hold great promise to address the growing demands of mass data processing for edge computing. Here the authors, develop a neuro-inspired optical sensor based on NbS2/MoS2 films that can operate with monolithically integrated functions of static image enhancement and dynamic trajectory registration.

    • Pei-Yu Huang
    • , Bi-Yi Jiang
    •  & Cheng-Yan Xu

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    Structural engineering at the subatomic level remains little for boosting operational stability of organic light-emitting diodes. Here, authors show that deuteration of acceptor is critical to enhance device stability, which is commonly neglected due to limited availability and synthetic complexity.

    • Sinyeong Jung
    • , Wai-Lung Cheung
    •  & Man-Chung Tang

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    In this work, authors demonstrate a fast and versatile microprinting technique to produce high-performance and customizable piezoelectric elements by employing a conductive spiny disc to electrostatically trigger instability to the liquid-air interface of the ink.

    • Xuemu Li
    • , Zhuomin Zhang
    •  & Zhengbao Yang

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    2D semiconductors have been proposed as a potential option to replace or complement silicon electronics at the nanoscale. Here, the authors discuss the recent progress and remaining challenges that need to be addressed by the academic and industrial research communities towards the commercialization of 2D transistors.

    • Kevin P. O’Brien
    • , Carl H. Naylor
    •  & Uygar Avci

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    Dendritic computing is a promising approach to enhance the processing capability of artificial neural networks. Here, the authors report the development of a neurotransistor based on a vertical dual-gate electrolyte-gated transistor with short-term memory characteristics, a 30 nm channel length, a low read power of ~3.16 fW and read energy of ~30 fJ for dendritic computing.

    • Han Xu
    • , Dashan Shang
    •  & Ming Liu

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    Designing efficient in-memory-computing architectures remains a challenge. Here the authors develop a multi-level FeFET crossbar for multi-bit MAC operations encoded in activation time and accumulated current with experimental validation at 28nm achieving 96.6% accuracy and high performance of 885 TOPS/W.

    • Taha Soliman
    • , Swetaki Chatterjee
    •  & Hussam Amrouch

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    Memory devices with open-loop analog programmability are highly desired in training tasks. Here, the authors developed an electrochemical memory array that can be accurately programmed without any feedback, offering unique capabilities for training.

    • Peng Chen
    • , Fenghao Liu
    •  & Gang Pan

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    Designing efficient AI hardware capable of creating artificial general intelligence remains a challenge. Here, the authors present an approach for the on-demand generation of complex networks within a single memristor by harnessing device dynamics with intrinsic cycle-to-cycle variability and demonstrate the effectiveness of memristive complex network-based reservoirs.

    • Yunpeng Guo
    • , Wenrui Duan
    •  & Huanglong Li

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    Spin defects in semiconductors are promising for quantum technologies but understanding of defect formation processes in experiment remains incomplete. Here the authors present a computational protocol to study the formation of spin defects at the atomic scale and apply it to the divacancy defect in SiC.

    • Renjie Wu
    • , Rongchuan Gu
    •  & Zhitang Song

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    The progress of high-performance oxide-based transistors is essential for seamlessly integrating monolithic 3-D circuits into the CMOS backend. The authors propose using atomic layer deposition for ZnO due to its compatibility with low-temperature backend integration. They also successfully integrated ZnO TFTs with HfO2 RRAM in a 1 kbit 1T1R array, showcasing RRAM switching capabilities.

    • Wenhui Wang
    • , Ke Li
    •  & Yida Li

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    Hardware architectures based on self-organized memristive networks of nano objects have attracted a growing attention. Here, nanowire connectomes are experimentally proved to translate spatially correlated short-term plasticity effects into long-lasting topological changes, thus emulating both information encoding and memory consolidation of human brain.

    • Gianluca Milano
    • , Alessandro Cultrera
    •  & Carlo Ricciardi

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    Phase transitions in charge density wave materials could be useful for memory and electronic device applications. Here, the authors correlate the temperature-driven transitions in the electrical and optical properties of H-TaS2/1T-TaS2 heterostructures to the number of endotaxial metallic H-TaS2 monolayers.

    • Samra Husremović
    • , Berit H. Goodge
    •  & D. Kwabena Bediako

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    Implementing emotional aspects like physiology and psychology in decision-making remains a challenge. Here, the authors propose a bio-inspired gustatory circuit based on 2D materials that mimics adaptive feeding behavior in humans, considering both physiological states (hunger) and psychological states (appetite).

    • Subir Ghosh
    • , Andrew Pannone
    •  & Saptarshi Das

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    Capillary breakup in multimaterial fibers is explored for the self-assembly of optoelectronic systems. However, its insights primarily stem from numerical simulations, qualitative at best. The authors formulate an analytical model of such breakup, obtaining a window in the governing parameters where the generally chaotic breakup becomes predictable and thus engineerable.

    • Camila Faccini de Lima
    • , Fan Wang
    •  & Alexander Gumennik

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    Spin defects in semiconductors are promising for quantum technologies but understanding of defect formation processes in experiment remains incomplete. Here the authors present a computational protocol to study the formation of spin defects at the atomic scale and apply it to the divacancy defect in SiC.

    • Cunzhi Zhang
    • , Francois Gygi
    •  & Giulia Galli

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    Designing a monolithic 3D structure with interleaved logic and high-density memory layers has been difficult to achieve due to challenges in managing the thermal budget. Here, the authors demonstrate a 3D integration of monolayer MoS2 transistors with 3D vertical RRAMs through a low-temperature fabrication process whose 1T–nR structure shows high promise for low-power and high-density memory applications.

    • Maosong Xie
    • , Yueyang Jia
    •  & Rui Yang

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    Designing optoelectronic synapses having a multispectral color-discriminating ability is crucial for neuromorphic visual system. Here, the authors propose an strategy to introduce RGB color-discriminating synaptic functionality into a 2-terminals memristor regardless of switching medium and design a color image-recognizing CNN and light-programmable reservoir computing.

    • Jongmin Lee
    • , Bum Ho Jeong
    •  & Hui Joon Park

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    Liquid water or moisture discharge is a significant source of energy waste in current single-stage water-enabled electric generators. Here, authors propose a modular multistage coupling device that integrates internal liquid water flow and subsequently generated moisture to optimize energy harvesting at all stages.

    • Puying Li
    • , Yajie Hu
    •  & Liangti Qu

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    The speed-retention-endurance trade-off usually limits the performance of flash memory devices. Here, the authors report the realization of van der Waals flash memory cells based on 2H-MoS2 semiconducting channels with phase-engineered 1T-LixMoS2 edge contacts, showing program/erasing speed of ~10/100 ns, endurance of >106 cycles and expected retention lifetime of >10 years.

    • Jun Yu
    • , Han Wang
    •  & Tianyou Zhai

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    Many phototransistors are multi-component systems with inorganic materials or involve faradaic processes that can be irreversible. Using a single photoactive polymer, Druet et al. report a reversible, water-compatible n-type photoelectrochemical transistor with potentiometric photodetection and current modulation.

    • Victor Druet
    • , David Ohayon
    •  & Sahika Inal

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