Designable van der Waals Crystal for Artificial Neuronal Cell Mimicking
Jinhyoung Lee, Gunhyoung Kim, Dongho Lee, Seowoo Son, Hyunho Seok, Sihoon Son, Hyunbin Choi, Geonwook Kim, Geumji Back, Hyunkyu Kim, Chaerin Park, Junmin Ahn, Seongyun Je, Chaeyoung Im, Junil Cho, Magdalena Grzeszczyk, Seongho Kim, Eunseo Go, Hyunwoo Shim, Donghwan Choi, Muyoung Kim, Hyoeng‐U. Kim, · 2026
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Jinhyoung Lee and co-authors showed in 2026 a designable van der Waals crystal that mimics an artificial nerve cell, bridging light control and bio-inspired computing. Light control of neurons gives rare precision for studying learning and memory. Yet device-scale mimics of nerve behaviour remain hard.
The crystal exploits build likeness between ion channels in biological membranes and layered van der Waals lattices, realised through nano-crystallisation. Sequential carrier transport shifts in the crystal reproduce nerve-like replies to light cues at device scale. The work gives a materials platform for engineering data handling that borrows nerve principles with no need for living cells, opening routes to neuromorphic devices.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jinhyoung Lee, Gunhyoung Kim, Dongho Lee, Seowoo Son, Hyunho Seok, Sihoon Son, Hyunbin Choi, Geonwook Kim, Geumji Back, Hyunkyu Kim, Chaerin Park, Junmin Ahn, Seongyun Je, Chaeyoung Im, Junil Cho, Magdalena Grzeszczyk, Seongho Kim, Eunseo Go, Hyunwoo Shim, Donghwan Choi, Muyoung Kim, Hyoeng‐U. Kim, |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |