title: Artificial Synaptic Devices Based on Natural Chicken Albumen Coupled Electric-Double-Layer Transistors.
abstract: Recent progress in using biomaterials to fabricate functional electronics has got growing attention for the new generation of environmentally friendly and biocompatible electronic devices. As a kind of biological material with rich source, proteins are essential natural component of all organisms. At the same time, artificial synaptic devices are of great significance for neuromorphic systems because they can emulate the signal process and memory behaviors of biological synapses. In this report, natural chicken albumen with high proton conductivity was used as the coupling electrolyte film for organic/inorganic hybrid synaptic devices fabrication. Some important synaptic functions including paired-pulse facilitation, dynamic filtering, short-term to long-term memory transition and spatial summation and shunting inhibition were successfully mimicked. Our results are very interesting for biological friendly artificial neuron networks and neuromorphic systems.
authors.affiliation: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.affiliation: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Liqiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D002645:Chickens; D004867:Equipment Design; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D010047:Ovalbumin