Multifunctionality,interference-free signal readout,and quantum effect are important considerations for flexible sensors equipped within a single unit towards further miniaturization.To address these criteria,we prese...Multifunctionality,interference-free signal readout,and quantum effect are important considerations for flexible sensors equipped within a single unit towards further miniaturization.To address these criteria,we present the slotted carbon nanotube(CNT)junction features tunable Fano resonance driven by flexoelectricity,which could serve as an ideal multimodal sensory receptor.Based on extensive ab initio calculations,we find that the effective Fano factor can be used as a temperature-insensitive extrinsic variable for sensing the bending strain,and the Seebeck coefficient can be used as a strain-insensitive intrinsic variable for detecting temperature.Thus,this dual-parameter permits simultaneous sensing of temperature and strain without signal interference.We further demonstrate the applicability of this slotted junction to ultrasensitive chemical sensing which enables precise determination of donor-type,acceptor-type,and inert molecules.This is due to the enhancement or counterbalance between flexoelectric and chemical gating.Flexoelectric gating would preserve the electron–hole symmetry of the slotted junction whereas chemical gating would break it.As a proof-of-concept demonstration,the slotted CNT junction provides an excellent quantum platform for the development of multistimuli sensation in artificial intelligence at the molecular scale.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant nos.41877499,21771017,and 42072163)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Grant nos.ZR2019BA003 and ZR201807100384)+2 种基金the Ocean University of China(Grant no.3002000-861901206002)X.Shi acknowledges the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China(no.A2021201001)the Advanced Talents Incubation Program of the Hebei University(521000981390).
文摘Multifunctionality,interference-free signal readout,and quantum effect are important considerations for flexible sensors equipped within a single unit towards further miniaturization.To address these criteria,we present the slotted carbon nanotube(CNT)junction features tunable Fano resonance driven by flexoelectricity,which could serve as an ideal multimodal sensory receptor.Based on extensive ab initio calculations,we find that the effective Fano factor can be used as a temperature-insensitive extrinsic variable for sensing the bending strain,and the Seebeck coefficient can be used as a strain-insensitive intrinsic variable for detecting temperature.Thus,this dual-parameter permits simultaneous sensing of temperature and strain without signal interference.We further demonstrate the applicability of this slotted junction to ultrasensitive chemical sensing which enables precise determination of donor-type,acceptor-type,and inert molecules.This is due to the enhancement or counterbalance between flexoelectric and chemical gating.Flexoelectric gating would preserve the electron–hole symmetry of the slotted junction whereas chemical gating would break it.As a proof-of-concept demonstration,the slotted CNT junction provides an excellent quantum platform for the development of multistimuli sensation in artificial intelligence at the molecular scale.
