CsPbX 3 (X = halide, Cl, Br, or I) all-inorganic halide perovskites (IHPs) are regarded as promising functional materials because of their tunable optoelectronic characteristics and superior stability to organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskites. Herein, nonvolatile resistive switching (RS) memory devices based on all-inorganic CsPbI 3 perovskite are reported. An air-stable CsPbI 3 perovskite film with a thickness of only 200 nm is successfully synthesized on a platinum-coated silicon substrate using low temperature all-solution process. The RS memory devices of Ag/polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)/ CsPbI 3 /Pt/Ti/SiO 2 /Si structure exhibit reproducible and reliable bipolar switching characteristics with an ultralow operating voltage (<+0.2 V), high on/off ratio (>10 6 ), reversible RS by pulse voltage operation (pulse duration < 1 ms), and multilevel data storage. The mechanical flexibility of the CsPbI 3 perovskite RS memory device on a flexible substrate is also successfully confirmed. With analyzing the influence of phase transition in CsPbI 3 on RS characteristics, a mechanism involving conducting filaments formed by metal cation migration is proposed to explain the RS behavior of the memory device. This study will contribute to the understanding of the intrinsic characteristics of IHPs for low-voltage resistive switching and demonstrate the huge potential of them for use in low-power consumption nonvolatile memory devices on next-generation computing systems.
Recently, organometallic and all-inorganic halide perovskites (HPs) have become promising materials for resistive switching (RS) nonvolatile memory devices with low power consumption because they show current–voltage hysteresis caused by fast ion migration. However, the toxicity and environmental pollution potential of lead, a common constituent of HPs, has limited the commercial applications of HP-based devices. Here, RS memory devices based on lead-free all-inorganic cesium tin iodide (CsSnI3) perovskites with temperature tolerance are successfully fabricated. The devices exhibit reproducible and reliable bipolar RS characteristics in both Ag and Au top electrodes (TEs) with different switching mechanisms. The Ag TE devices show filamentary RS behavior with ultralow operating voltages (<0.15 V). In contrast, the Au TE devices have interface-type RS behavior with gradual resistance changes. This suggests that the RS characteristics are attributed to either the formation of metal filaments or the ion migration of defects in HPs under applied electric fields. These distinct mechanisms may permit the opportunity to design devices for specific purposes. This work will pave the way for lead-free all-inorganic HP-based nonvolatile memory for commercial application in HP-based devices.
Vestibular neuritis is the most common cause of acute spontaneous vertigo. Vestibular neuritis is ascribed to acute unilateral loss of vestibular function, probably due to reactivation of herpes simplex virus in the vestibular ganglia. The diagnostic hallmarks of vestibular neuritis are spontaneous horizontal-torsional nystagmus beating away from the lesion side, abnormal head impulse test for the involved semicircular canals, ipsilesional caloric paresis, decreased responses of vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials during stimulation of the affected ear, and unsteadiness with a falling tendency toward the lesion side. Vestibular neuritis preferentially involves the superior vestibular labyrinth and its afferents. Accordingly, the function of the posterior semicircular canal and saccule, which constitute the inferior vestibular labyrinth, is mostly spared in vestibular neuritis. However, because the rare subtype of inferior vestibular neuritis lacks the typical features of vestibular neuritis, it may be misdiagnosed as a central vestibular disorder. Even in the patient with the typical pattern of spontaneous nystagmus observed in vestibular neuritis, brain imaging is indicated when the patient has unprecedented headache, negative head impulse test, severe unsteadiness, or no recovery within 1 to 2 days. Symptomatic medication is indicated only during the acute phase to relieve the vertigo and nausea/vomiting. Vestibular rehabilitation hastens the recovery. The efficacy of topical and systemic steroids requires further validation.
With the increasing interest and demand for epidermal electronics, a strong interface between a sensor and a biological surface is essential, yet achieving such interface is still a challenge. Here, a calcium (Ca)-modified biocompatible silk fibroin as a strong adhesive for epidermal electronics is proposed and the physical principles behind its interfacial and adhesive properties are reported. A strong adhesive characteristic (>800 N m −1 ) is observed because of the increase in both viscoelastic property and mechanical interlocking through the incorporation of Ca ions. Furthermore, additional key characteristics of the Ca-modified silk: reusability, stretchability, biocompatibility, and conductivity, are reported. These characteristics enable a wide range of applications as demonstrated in four epidermal electronic systems: capacitive touch sensor, resistive strain sensor, hydrogel-based drug delivery, and electrocardiogram monitoring sensor. As a reusable, biocompatible, conductive, and strong adhesive with water-degradability, the Ca-modified silk adhesive is a promising candidate for the next-generation adhesive for epidermal biomedical sensors.
required. Several types of emerging mem ories have been researched in the past few decades such as magnetic memory, phase change memory, ferroelectric tunnel junc tions, and resistive switching memory. Among these emerging devices, resistive switching memory called memristors, introduced by Chua in 1971, [1] have strong points of small cell size, nonvolatile and random data access possibility, easy fabri cation process, and simple structure. [2,3] Because of these advantages, various mate rials are examined for achieving memris tive properties.In addition, different from the past sev eral decades, information is being made depending on experiences or repeated stimuli similar to that in the human brain. The human brain contains ≈10 11 neurons and 10 15 synapses, occupies a small space, and consumes less than 20 W, which is lower than the power required to run a household light bulb. [4][5][6] Moreover, the human brain is currently considered as the most intelligent and fastest operation system. Therefore, neuromorphic computing, which emu lates the human brain, has been regarded as a promising nextgeneration computing system. Studies on neuromorphic computing have been rapidly growing and highlighted for various applications such as artificial intelligence, sensors, robotic devices, and memory devices.Existing neural networks are implemented by the combination of machine learning as software and the von Neumann archi tecture as hardware based on the complementary metaloxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. However, CMOSbased cir cuits require 6-12 transistors and the design is not flexible. [7] The present computing system with the von Neumann architecture is implemented by a serial operation through a central processing unit (CPU). Because of the von Neumann bottleneck, memory devices have limitations in data processing speed between memory and CPU and require high power and large space. [8][9][10] Therefore, a new neuromorphic computing system that is exe cuted by parallel operation with a high operation speed, low energy consumption, and small volume is critically required.To achieve such requirement, memristive materials have been actively examined as emulating several functions of human brain. A memristor could act as a single unit of synapse without software programming supports. Memristorbased neu romorphic architecture is implemented by parallel operation with efficient power, small volume, and high data processing Neuromorphic architectures are in the spotlight as promising candidates for substituting current computing systems owing to their high operation speed, scale-down ability, and, especially, low energy consumption. Among candidate materials, memristors have shown excellent synaptic behaviors such as spike time-dependent plasticity and spike rate-dependent plasticity by gradually changing their resistance state according to electrical input stimuli. Memristor can work as a single synapse without programming support, which remarkably satisfies the requirements of neuromorphic computing. Here, the mo...
Resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) devices based on halide perovskites have recently emerged as a new class of data storage devices, where the switching materials used in these devices have attracted extensive attention in recent years. Thus far, three-dimensional (3D) halide perovskites have been the most investigated materials for resistive switching memory devices. However, 3D-based memory devices display ON/OFF ratios comparable to those of oxide or chalcogenide ReRAM devices. In addition, perovskite materials are susceptible to exposure to air. Herein, we compare the resistive switching characteristics of ReRAM devices based on a quasi-two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskite, (PEA) 2 Cs 3 Pb 4 I 13 , to those based on 3D CsPbI 3. Astonishingly, the ON/OFF ratio of the (PEA) 2 Cs 3 Pb 4 I 13-based memory devices (10 9) is three orders of magnitude higher than that of the CsPbI 3 device, which is attributed to a decrease in the high-resistance state (HRS) current of the former. This device also retained a high ON/OFF current ratio for 2 weeks under ambient conditions, whereas the CsPbI 3 device degraded rapidly and showed unreliable memory properties after 5 days. These results strongly suggest that quasi-2D halide perovskites have potential in resistive switching memory based on their desirable ON/OFF ratio and long-term stability.
In view of more rapid resolution of static vestibular imbalance after VN, evaluation of the dynamic vestibular imbalances may provide more useful information for underlying vestibulopathy, especially in the compensated phase. The different temporal profiles ofdynamic vestibular recovery may reflect different chronological characteristics of vestibular compensation according to stimulus frequency. Direction reversal of HSN and VIN during follow-up suggests that lateralization of VNbased on the direction of these nystagmus should be considered in the context of disease phase.
The mechanisms of vestibular migraine and motion sickness remain unknown. The aims of this study were to determine interictal vestibular dysfunction in migraineurs according to associated dizziness/vertigo and motion sickness, and to find out whether impaired uvulonodular inhibition over the vestibular system underlies the vestibular symptoms and signs by measuring tilt suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). One hundred and thirty-one patients with migraine [65 with vestibular migraine (MV), 41 with migrainous dizziness (MD), and 25 with migraine only (MO)] and 50 normal controls underwent evaluation of vestibular function. Motion sickness was assessed using the motion sickness susceptibility questionnaire (MSSQ) and subjective scale. Compared with normal controls and MO group, patients with MV/MD showed increased VOR time constant (TC) and greater suppression of the post-rotatory nystagmus with forward head tilt. The mean MSSQ score and subjective scale were highest in MV group, followed by MD, MO, and controls (p = 0.002, p < 0.001). Multiple linear regression model analyses revealed that motion sickness is an independent factor of TC prolongation (p = 0.024). Twenty-eight (21.4%) patients with migraine also showed perverted head shaking nystagmus and 12 (9.2%) had positional nystagmus. In view of the increased tilt suppression of the VOR, we speculate that dysfunction of the nodulus/uvula may not account for the prolonged TCs in MD/MV. Instead, innate hypersensitivity of the vestibular system may be an underlying mechanism of motion sickness and increased TC in MD/MV. The increased tilt suppression may be an adaptive cerebellar mechanism to suppress the hyperactive vestibular system in migraineurs.
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