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An organic device with volatility on demand

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Ion trapping in crystalline domains of electrochemical transistors can be used to create a device capable of both volatile and non-volatile operation.

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Fig. 1: Tunable volatile and non-volatile synaptic OECTs.

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Robinson, D.A., Talin, A.A. An organic device with volatility on demand. Nat Electron 6, 268–269 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00956-6

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