A Crayfish-Inspired Sensor Fusion Platform for Super Additive Integration of Visual, Chemical, and Tactile Information.

The concept of cross-sensor modulation, wherein one sensor modality can influence another's response, is often overlooked in traditional sensor fusion architectures, leading to missed opportunities for enhancing data accuracy and robustness. In contrast, biological systems, such as aquatic animals like crayfish, demonstrate superior sensor fusion through multisensory integration. These organisms adeptly integrate visual, tactile, and chemical cues to perform tasks such as evading predators and locating prey. Drawing inspiration from this, we propose a neuromorphic platform that integrates graphene-based chemitransistors, monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) based photosensitive memtransistors, and triboelectric tactile sensors to achieve "Super-Additive" responses to weak chemical, visual, and tactile cues and demonstrate contextual response modulation, also referred to as the "Inverse Effectiveness Effect." We hold the view that integrating bio-inspired sensor fusion principles across various modalities holds promise for a wide range of applications.

Observation of Rich Defect Dynamics in Monolayer MoS2.

Defects play a pivotal role in limiting the performance and reliability of nanoscale devices. Field-effect transistors (FETs) based on atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as monolayer MoS2 are no exception. Probing defect dynamics in 2D FETs is therefore of significant interest. Here, we present a comprehensive insight into various defect dynamics observed in monolayer MoS2 FETs at varying gate biases and temperatures. The measured source-to-drain currents exhibit random telegraph signals (RTS) owing to the transfer of charges between the semiconducting channel and individual defects. Based on the modeled temperature and gate bias dependence, oxygen vacancies or aluminum interstitials are probable defect candidates. Several types of RTSs are observed including anomalous RTS and giant RTS indicating local current crowding effects and rich defect dynamics in monolayer MoS2 FETs. This study explores defect dynamics in large area-grown monolayer MoS2 with ALD-grown Al2O3 as the gate dielectric.