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We investigate the possibility to maintain an electric polarization in an organic bilayer via ion trapping, i.e., without any external bias. In the cryptand-polyanion bilayer, ions of specific size can be strongly coordinated with organic macrocyclic molecules. Cations move from the polyanion layer to the cryptand layer upon applying a bias and are trapped in this layer. As a result, the voltage dependence of the polarization displays a hysteresis. The bilayer is then advantageously used as an electronic insulating layer in an organic field effect transistor. The ions trapping and de-trapping can be followed by the amplitude of the threshold voltage (V(th)) shift as well as its temporal evolution. ; Funding Agencies|Swedish Government||Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research||Brains and Bricks||Linkoping University||Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation||Onnesjo Foundation||