Nature Communications (Apr 2024)

Strain-insensitive viscoelastic perovskite film for intrinsically stretchable neuromorphic vision-adaptive transistors

  • Chengyu Wang,
  • Yangshuang Bian,
  • Kai Liu,
  • Mingcong Qin,
  • Fan Zhang,
  • Mingliang Zhu,
  • Wenkang Shi,
  • Mingchao Shao,
  • Shengcong Shang,
  • Jiaxin Hong,
  • Zhiheng Zhu,
  • Zhiyuan Zhao,
  • Yunqi Liu,
  • Yunlong Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47532-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract Stretchable neuromorphic optoelectronics present tantalizing opportunities for intelligent vision applications that necessitate high spatial resolution and multimodal interaction. Existing neuromorphic devices are either stretchable but not reconcilable with multifunctionality, or discrete but with low-end neurological function and limited flexibility. Herein, we propose a defect-tunable viscoelastic perovskite film that is assembled into strain-insensitive quasi-continuous microsphere morphologies for intrinsically stretchable neuromorphic vision-adaptive transistors. The resulting device achieves trichromatic photoadaptation and a rapid adaptive speed (<150 s) beyond human eyes (3 ~ 30 min) even under 100% mechanical strain. When acted as an artificial synapse, the device can operate at an ultra-low energy consumption (15 aJ) (far below the human brain of 1 ~ 10 fJ) with a high paired-pulse facilitation index of 270% (one of the best figures of merit in stretchable synaptic phototransistors). Furthermore, adaptive optical imaging is achieved by the strain-insensitive perovskite films, accelerating the implementation of next-generation neuromorphic vision systems.