Nanoscale all-oxide-heterostructured bio-inspired optoresponsive nociceptor
- Author
- Mohammad Karbalaei Akbari (UGent) , Jie Hu, Francis Verpoort (UGent) , Hongliang Lu and Serge Zhuiykov (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- Retina nociceptor, as a key sensory receptor, not only enables the transport of warning signals to the human central nervous system upon its exposure to noxious stimuli, but also triggers the motor response that minimizes potential sensitization. In this study, the capability of two-dimensional all-oxide-heterostructured artificial nociceptor as a single device with tunable properties was confirmed. Newly designed nociceptors utilize ultra-thin sub-stoichiometric TiO2-Ga2O3 heterostructures, where the thermally annealed Ga2O3 films play the role of charge transfer controlling component. It is discovered that the phase transformation in Ga2O3 is accompanied by substantial jump in conductivity, induced by thermally assisted internal redox reaction of Ga2O3 nanostructure during annealing. It is also experimentally confirmed that the charge transfer in all-oxide heterostructures can be tuned and controlled by the heterointerfaces manipulation. Results demonstrate that the engineering of heterointerfaces of two-dimensional (2D) films enables the fabrication of either high-sensitive TiO2-Ga2O3 (Ar) or high-threshold TiO2-Ga2O3 (N-2) nociceptors. The hypersensitive nociceptor mimics the functionalities of corneal nociceptors of human eye, whereas the delayed reaction of nociceptor is similar to high-threshold nociceptive characteristics of human sensory system. The long-term stability of 2D nociceptors demonstrates the capability of heterointerfaces engineering for effective control of charge transfer at 2D heterostructured devices.
- Keywords
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 2D heterostructures, Artificial nociceptors, Bio-inspired device, Heterointerfaces engineering, MEMORY, TRANSITION, RESISTANCE, MEMRISTOR, VOLTAGE, UNIFORM, DEVICE, TAOX
Downloads
-
Akbari et al-2020-Nano-Micro Letters.pdf
- full text (Published version)
- |
- open access
- |
- |
- 3.89 MB
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8656361
- MLA
- Karbalaei Akbari, Mohammad, et al. “Nanoscale All-Oxide-Heterostructured Bio-Inspired Optoresponsive Nociceptor.” NANO-MICRO LETTERS, vol. 12, no. 1, 2020, doi:10.1007/s40820-020-00419-z.
- APA
- Karbalaei Akbari, M., Hu, J., Verpoort, F., Lu, H., & Zhuiykov, S. (2020). Nanoscale all-oxide-heterostructured bio-inspired optoresponsive nociceptor. NANO-MICRO LETTERS, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00419-z
- Chicago author-date
- Karbalaei Akbari, Mohammad, Jie Hu, Francis Verpoort, Hongliang Lu, and Serge Zhuiykov. 2020. “Nanoscale All-Oxide-Heterostructured Bio-Inspired Optoresponsive Nociceptor.” NANO-MICRO LETTERS 12 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00419-z.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Karbalaei Akbari, Mohammad, Jie Hu, Francis Verpoort, Hongliang Lu, and Serge Zhuiykov. 2020. “Nanoscale All-Oxide-Heterostructured Bio-Inspired Optoresponsive Nociceptor.” NANO-MICRO LETTERS 12 (1). doi:10.1007/s40820-020-00419-z.
- Vancouver
- 1.Karbalaei Akbari M, Hu J, Verpoort F, Lu H, Zhuiykov S. Nanoscale all-oxide-heterostructured bio-inspired optoresponsive nociceptor. NANO-MICRO LETTERS. 2020;12(1).
- IEEE
- [1]M. Karbalaei Akbari, J. Hu, F. Verpoort, H. Lu, and S. Zhuiykov, “Nanoscale all-oxide-heterostructured bio-inspired optoresponsive nociceptor,” NANO-MICRO LETTERS, vol. 12, no. 1, 2020.
@article{8656361,
abstract = {{Retina nociceptor, as a key sensory receptor, not only enables the transport of warning signals to the human central nervous system upon its exposure to noxious stimuli, but also triggers the motor response that minimizes potential sensitization. In this study, the capability of two-dimensional all-oxide-heterostructured artificial nociceptor as a single device with tunable properties was confirmed. Newly designed nociceptors utilize ultra-thin sub-stoichiometric TiO2-Ga2O3 heterostructures, where the thermally annealed Ga2O3 films play the role of charge transfer controlling component. It is discovered that the phase transformation in Ga2O3 is accompanied by substantial jump in conductivity, induced by thermally assisted internal redox reaction of Ga2O3 nanostructure during annealing. It is also experimentally confirmed that the charge transfer in all-oxide heterostructures can be tuned and controlled by the heterointerfaces manipulation. Results demonstrate that the engineering of heterointerfaces of two-dimensional (2D) films enables the fabrication of either high-sensitive TiO2-Ga2O3 (Ar) or high-threshold TiO2-Ga2O3 (N-2) nociceptors. The hypersensitive nociceptor mimics the functionalities of corneal nociceptors of human eye, whereas the delayed reaction of nociceptor is similar to high-threshold nociceptive characteristics of human sensory system. The long-term stability of 2D nociceptors demonstrates the capability of heterointerfaces engineering for effective control of charge transfer at 2D heterostructured devices.}},
articleno = {{83}},
author = {{Karbalaei Akbari, Mohammad and Hu, Jie and Verpoort, Francis and Lu, Hongliang and Zhuiykov, Serge}},
issn = {{2311-6706}},
journal = {{NANO-MICRO LETTERS}},
keywords = {{Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Electronic,Optical and Magnetic Materials,Surfaces,Coatings and Films,2D heterostructures,Artificial nociceptors,Bio-inspired device,Heterointerfaces engineering,MEMORY,TRANSITION,RESISTANCE,MEMRISTOR,VOLTAGE,UNIFORM,DEVICE,TAOX}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{16}},
title = {{Nanoscale all-oxide-heterostructured bio-inspired optoresponsive nociceptor}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00419-z}},
volume = {{12}},
year = {{2020}},
}
- Altmetric
- View in Altmetric
- Web of Science
- Times cited: