Multilevel Reset Dependent Set of a Biodegradable Memristor with Physically Transient

Abstract

Abstract The electronic device, with its biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ease of fabrication process, shows great potential to embed into health monitoring and hardware data security systems. Herein, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) biopolymer is presented as an active layer, electrochemically active magnesium (Mg) as a metal electrode, and chitosan‐based substrate (CHS) to fabricate biocompatible and biodegradable physically transient neuromorphic device (W/Mg/PVP/Mg/CHS). The I–V curve of device is non‐volatile bipolar in nature and shows a unique compliance‐induced multilevel RESET‐dependent‐SET behavior while sweeping the compliance current from a few microamperes to milliamperes. Non‐volatile and stable switching properties are demonstrated with a long endurance test (100 sweeps) and retention time of over 104 s. The physically transient memristor (PTM) has remarkably high dynamic RON/ROFF (ON/OFF state resistance) ratio (106 Ω), and when placed in deionized (DI) water, the device is observed to completely dissolve within 10 min. The pulse transient measurements demonstrate the neuromorphic computation capabilities of the device in the form of excitatory post synaptic current (EPSC), potentiation, depression, and learning behavior, which resemble the biological function of neurons. The results demonstrate the potential of W/Mg/PVP/Mg/CHS device for use in future healthcare and physically transient electronics.

Keywords

• biocompatible
• multilevel memory
• polyvinylpyrrolidone
• resistive switching
• transient memory