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Lipid-mediated hydrophobic gating in the BK potassium channel

Nature Communications
Structures of the large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium (BK) channel in the Ca2+ −bound and Ca2+ −free states have suggested that K+ conduction is not gated via a steric closure of the pore-lining helices of the channel, in contrast to the ...
Lucia Coronel, Giovanni Di Muccio, Brad S. Rothberg, Alberto Giacomello, Vincenzo Carnevale   +4 more
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Structure-based membrane dome mechanism for Piezo mechanosensitivity

eLife, 2017
Mechanosensitive ion channels convert external mechanical stimuli into electrochemical signals for critical processes including touch sensation, balance, and cardiovascular regulation. The best understood mechanosensitive channel, MscL, opens a wide pore,
Yusong R Guo, Roderick MacKinnon
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Simultaneous Enhancement of Performance and Stability in Dual‐Gate a‐IGZO Thin‐Film Transistors via Single‐Step Laser Annealing for Capacitor‐Less DRAM

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A single‐step laser annealing strategy is presented for dual‐gate a‐IGZO TFTs. The steep thermal gradient induces graded oxygen doping in the channel and simultaneous WOx removal at the contacts, enabling concurrent interface and contact engineering.
Sihyeon Kwon, Junil Kim, Geuntae Park, Minseok Kim, Woohyun Hwang, Wanki Kim, Daewon Ha, Byeongmoon Lee, Jae Eun Jang, Hyuk‐Jun Kwon   +9 more
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Atom Probe Tomography as an Emerging Tool for Understanding Defect‑Driven Mechanisms in HfO2‑Based Ferroelectrics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Perspective highlights atom probe tomography as a powerful tool for understanding the atomic‐scale defect chemistry in HfO2‐based ferroelectrics. 3D mapping of dopants, point defects, and interface chemistry can provide new insight into defect‐driven mechanisms underpinning the ferroelectricity in the system and guide the design of more reliable ...
Kasper Hunnestad, Catherine Dubourdieu, Alexei Gruverman, Dennis Meier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Noise‐Limited Bit Precision in Ferroelectric Synaptic Transistors for High‐Resolution Neuromorphic Computing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Low‐frequency noise spectroscopy defines the resolvable conductance states of synaptic FeFETs by coupling read‐current fluctuation with usable dynamic range. The resulting noise‐limited bit precision establishes a universal, device‐agnostic reliability metric beyond the memory window, enabling quantitative benchmarking and rational design of high ...
Jaehong Park, Yeonseop Shin, Changhyeon Han, Sangwoo Kim, Eunchan Park, Youngchan Cho, Jaehong Min, Hyunjun Ahn, Jaekyoung Park, Cheol‐Woong Yang, Jangsaeng Kim, Daewoong Kwon, Wonjun Shin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motifs in the permeation pathway of connexin channels mediate Ca2+ and voltage sensing.

Frontiers in Physiology, 2014
Connexin channels mediate electrical coupling, intercellular molecular signaling and extracellular release of signaling molecules. Connexin proteins assemble intracellularly as hexamers to form plasma membrane hemichannels.
Andrew L. Harris, Jorge E. Contreras
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Light‐Induced Field‐Tunneling Synapses in Solution‐Processed Van Der Waals Heterostructures for Scalable, Retina‐Inspired Optical Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A scalable, solution‐processed WSe2/ZrO2‐x van der Waals heterostructure realizes a light‐induced field‐tunneling synapse (LIFTS) that activates exclusively under bright illumination, emulating the photopic adaptation of the human retina at the device level.
Kijeong Nam, Jihyun Kim, Soobeen Ji, In Soo Kim, Sejin Kim, Eungseon Yeon, Do Kyung Hwang, Iva Plutnarová, Zdeněk Sofer, Sang Min Won, Joohoon Kang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

MicroED structure of the NaK ion channel reveals a Na+ partition process into the selectivity filter

Communications Biology, 2018
Through a MicroED structure of NaK ion channel, Shian Liu and Tamir Gonen identify a process of dilation coupled with Na+ movement, providing mechanistic insights into ion conduction and gating.
Shian Liu, Tamir Gonen
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Stochastically gating ion channels enable patterned spike firing through activity-dependent modulation of spike probability.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2009
The transformation of synaptic input into patterns of spike output is a fundamental operation that is determined by the particular complement of ion channels that a neuron expresses.
Joshua T Dudman, Matthew F Nolan
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Memristive‐Gated RC‐Delay Synaptic Transistors for Time‐Encoded Analog in‐Memory Computing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A Memristive‐Gated Transistor for Time‐Encoded Analog In‐Memory Computing — By exploiting the RC delay of a self‐rectifying interface‐type memristor, nonlinear I–V distortion is structurally bypassed, enabling 3‐bit nonvolatile memory, spike‐timing‐based analog encoding, and hardware‐calibrated reservoir‐computing validation within a unified device ...
Yun‐Seo Shin, Eunjoo Yoo, Ki‐Hoon Son, Hyun‐Sik Kim, Dae‐Hee Han, Jeong Hyeon Son, Seung Hwan Lee, Hong‐Sub Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source