Dynamic Modulation of OECT‐Based Inverters for In Situ Electrophysiological Monitoring
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and their related circuits have emerged as a promising platform for biosensors and neuromorphic electronics, benefiting from their sub-1 V operation voltage, flexibility, biocompatibility, etc. However, operation instability, induced by complex microstructure variations and undesired side reactions during repeated redox processes, poses tremendous challenges for reliable and robust functions. Here, a dynamic modulating system is presented that can actively control the working condition of an OECT-based inverter and maintain high-voltage amplification capability through real-time voltage transfer characteristic scanning and operating voltage adjustment. Especially, under system modulation, the inverter maintains a high-voltage amplification capability with a voltage gain >34.58 V V<sup>-1</sup>. While without modulation (i.e., at a fixed input voltage), the voltage gain rapidly deteriorates to 3.11 V V<sup>-1</sup>. Thereafter, stretchable complementary circuits are fabricated and integrated with this system to enable high-fidelity in situ monitoring of the electrooculogram with >32.59 dB signal-to-noise ratio for more than 90 min, thus establishing a reliable wearable biosensing method. This work provides a new strategy to enable highly stable operation of bioelectronics with devices holding inferior stabilities.
Authors
- Guohong Hu
- Shiji Xiahou
- Liang‐Wen Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0699-3747)
- Jianhua Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-6310)
- Wei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-8015)
- Qijun Cai
- Zechen Liu
- Rongxing Zeng
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Yunnan University (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202512755
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.61
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities