Achieving
a high-quality metal contact on two-dimensional (2D)
semiconductors still remains a major challenge due to the strong Fermi
level pinning and the absence of an effective doping method. Here,
we demonstrate high performance “all-PtSe2”
field-effect transistors (FETs) completely free from those issues,
enabled by the vertical integration of a metallic thick PtSe2 source/drain onto the semiconducting ultrathin PtSe2 channel.
Owing to its inherent thickness-dependent semiconductor-to-metal phase
transition, the transferred metallic PtSe2 transforms the
underlying semiconducting PtSe2 into metal at the junction.
Therefore, a fully metallized source/drain and semiconducting channel
could be realized within the same PtSe2 platform. The ultrathin
PtSe2 FETs with PtSe2 vdW contact exhibits excellent
gate tunability, superior mobility, and high ON current accompanied
by one order lower contact resistance compared to conventional Ti/Au
contact FETs. Our work provides a new device paradigm with a low resistance
PtSe2 vdW contact which can overcome a fundamental bottleneck
in 2D nanoelectronics.
Typically, the actual volume of the residual limb changes over time. This causes the prosthesis to not fit, and then pain and skin disease. In this study, a prosthetic socket was developed to compensate for the volume change of the residual limb. Using an inflatable air bladder, the proposed socket monitors the pressure in the socket and keeps the pressure distribution uniform and constant while walking. The socket has three air bladders on anterior and posterior tibia areas, a latching type 3-way pneumatic valve and a portable control device. In the paper, the mechanical properties of the air bladder were investigated, and the electromagnetic analysis was performed to design the pneumatic valve. The controller is based on a hysteresis control algorithm with a closed loop, which keeps the pressure in the socket close to the initial set point over a long period of time. In experiments, the proposed prosthesis was tested through the gait simulator that can imitate a human’s gait cycle. The active volume compensation of the socket was successfully verified during repetitive gait cycle using the weight loads of 50, 70, and 90 kg and the residual limb model with a variety of volumes. It was confirmed that the pressure of the residual limb recovered to the initial state through the active control. The pressure inside the socket had a steady state error of less than 0.75% even if the volume of the residual limb was changed from −7% to +7%.
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