Pressure‐Adaptive Artificial Synapses with High Linearity for Intelligent Computing in Extreme Environments

Y Yang Wang C Chen‐Yang Zhang (State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China) S Shun‐Xin Li (State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China) G Guanjun Xiao (State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics) B Bo Zou (State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics)

Abstract

Abstract The ongoing exploration of the physical world has intensified the demand for intelligent computing in extreme environments. However, intelligent devices operating under extreme high‐pressure conditions are limited by the pressure tolerance of the materials used for intelligent computing. A pressure‐adaptive artificial synapse (PAAS) using VO 2 (M 1 ) nanoparticles is developed, leveraging the increased lattice rigidity during the M 1 ‐to‐M 1 ’ phase transition (1 atm to 15.1 GPa), which causes the photoinduced insulator‐to‐metal transition to be Mott dominated. The PAAS demonstrated a stable operating current, a superior biomimetic plasticity (maximum paired‐pulse facilitation index from 109.6% to 155.4%), and an improved postsynaptic current linearity (Pearson's r from 0.64 to 0.97) from 1 atm to 15.1 GPa. Furthermore, an artificial neural network mapped by PAAS under high pressure achieved a validation accuracy of 95%–97% in handwritten digit recognition. The PAAS is also applied to a convolutional autoencoder for denoising reconstruction of color images.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 38, Issue 9
Published February 01, 2026
ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher Unknown Publisher

Journal Info

Advanced Materials

Unknown Publisher

ISSN: 0935-9648 Physical Sciences

Authors (5)

Y

Yang Wang

C

Chen‐Yang Zhang

State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China

S

Shun‐Xin Li

State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China

G

Guanjun Xiao

State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics

B

Bo Zou

State Key Laboratory of High Pressure and Superhard Materials, College of Physics