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Figure 18. Light-gated iontronic computing enabled by dynamic EDL-SCR coupling in RC-IVNGs, developed by Li et al. in 2026. Reprinted with permission from^[94] Copyright © 2026 Springer Nature. (A) Optical encoding of binary iontronic information states through illumination-controlled ionic-current outputs in RC-IVNG units; (B) Construction of a light-gated iontronic computing architecture using independently addressable RC-IVNG input nodes; (C-F) Realization of representative Boolean logic functions, including OR, AND, NOR, and NAND operations, through optically regulated ionic transport and dynamic EDL-SCR interactions.