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Simulating tactile and visual multisensory behaviour in humans based on an MoS2 field effect transistor

Show Author's Information Jie You1,  Liming Wang1( ),  Yichi Zhang1( ),  Dongdong Lin2,  Bo Wang1,  Zhao Han1,  Ningning Zhang1,  Tian Miao1,  Maliang Liu1,  Zuimin Jiang3,  Hui Guo1,  Yimeng Zhang1,  Jincheng Zhang1,  Huiyong Hu1( )
Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Technology Disciplines State Key Laboratory School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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visual, multisensory system, motion scenarios, tactile
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You J, Wang L, Zhang Y, et al. Simulating tactile and visual multisensory behaviour in humans based on an MoS2 field effect transistor. Nano Research, 2023, 16(5): 7405-7412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5467-7
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A visual and tactile multisensory integrated system is essential for human walking due to the demand for real-time interactions between perception and action. Here, a piezoresistor and MoS2 field effect transistor are combined to construct an artificial integration nervous system to simulate perception and synaptic plasticity. The key characteristics of synaptic plasticity are successfully demonstrated by individual pressure signals, individual optical signals, and the synergy of optical and pressure signals, which are based on the electron trapping–detrapping mechanism at the MoS2/SiO2 interface. We demonstrate that perception under synergy is stronger than perception under optical or pressure signal alone, which is similar to a biological system. Moreover, various distinguishable motion scenarios (combination of the following conditions: external lighting environment of day or night, flat or rough road, and movement state of walking or running) are simulated and verified by adjusting the amplitude and frequency of the optical and pressure signals.


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Simulating tactile and visual multisensory behaviour in humans based on an MoS2 field effect transistor

Show Author's information Jie You1, Liming Wang1( ), Yichi Zhang1( ), Dongdong Lin2, Bo Wang1, Zhao Han1, Ningning Zhang1, Tian Miao1, Maliang Liu1, Zuimin Jiang3, Hui Guo1, Yimeng Zhang1, Jincheng Zhang1, Huiyong Hu1( )
Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Technology Disciplines State Key Laboratory School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

Abstract

A visual and tactile multisensory integrated system is essential for human walking due to the demand for real-time interactions between perception and action. Here, a piezoresistor and MoS2 field effect transistor are combined to construct an artificial integration nervous system to simulate perception and synaptic plasticity. The key characteristics of synaptic plasticity are successfully demonstrated by individual pressure signals, individual optical signals, and the synergy of optical and pressure signals, which are based on the electron trapping–detrapping mechanism at the MoS2/SiO2 interface. We demonstrate that perception under synergy is stronger than perception under optical or pressure signal alone, which is similar to a biological system. Moreover, various distinguishable motion scenarios (combination of the following conditions: external lighting environment of day or night, flat or rough road, and movement state of walking or running) are simulated and verified by adjusting the amplitude and frequency of the optical and pressure signals.

Keywords: visual, multisensory system, motion scenarios, tactile

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Received: 29 October 2022
Revised: 28 December 2022
Accepted: 03 January 2023
Published: 06 March 2023
Issue date: May 2023

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFB2204400) and the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (No. 2022JQ-650). Figure 1 was partly generated using Servier Medical Art (http://www.servier.com), provided by Servier, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported licence.

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