A new reconfigurable field-effect transistor and memory device based on a 2D heterostructure

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-reconfigurable-field-effect-transistor-memory-device.html

"reduce electronics' complexity combining unipolar n- and p-type semiconductor characteristics ... modulated via photoinduced trapping reversibly controlled holes/electrons... drives photoexcited holes or electrons into interface between hBN and silicon dioxide substrate... reconfigurable FET switches between transistor and memory mode, and several FETs can be used to create inverter, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR and XNOR circuits... emulate synaptic functions for neuromorphic computers"

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