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A phototransistor with visual adaptation

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An organic phototransistor with two complementary bulk heterojunctions exhibits light-intensity-dependent adaptation behaviour that mimics the behaviour of the human visual system.

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Fig. 1: Organic phototransistor with active visual adaptation.

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  1. Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

    Jiansheng Jie, Wei Deng, Xiujuan Zhang & Xiaohong Zhang

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Jie, J., Deng, W., Zhang, X. et al. A phototransistor with visual adaptation. Nat Electron 4, 460–461 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-021-00618-5

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