DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103053. Emergent Criticality in Complex Turing B‐Type Atomic Switch Networks

Emergent Criticality in Complex Turing B‐Type Atomic Switch Networks

10.1002/adma.201103053

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Advanced Materials (311)

Abstract

AbstractRecent advances in the neuromorphic operation of atomic switches as individual synapse‐like devices demonstrate the ability to process information with both short‐term and long‐term memorization in a single two terminal junction. Here it is shown that atomic switches can be self‐assembled within a highly interconnected network of silver nanowires similar in structure to Turing's “B‐Type unorganized machine”, originally proposed as a randomly connected network of NAND logic gates. In these experimental embodiments, complex networks of coupled atomic switches exhibit emergent criticality similar in nature to previously reported electrical activity of biological brains and neuron assemblies. Rapid fluctuations in electrical conductance display metastability and power law scaling of temporal correlation lengths that are attributed to dynamic reorganization of the interconnected electro‐ionic network resulting from induced non‐equilibrium thermodynamic instabilities. These collective properties indicate a potential utility for real‐time, multi‐input processing of distributed sensory data through reservoir computation. We propose these highly coupled, nonlinear electronic networks as an implementable hardware‐based platform toward the creation of physically intelligent machines.

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Stieg, A. Z., Avizienis, A. V., Sillin, H. O., MartinâOlmos, C., Aono, M., & Gimzewski, J. K. (2011). Emergent Criticality in Complex Turing BâType Atomic Switch Networks. Advanced Materials, 24(2), 286â293. Portico.

Authors 6

Adam Z. Stieg (first)
Audrius V. Avizienis (additional)
Henry O. Sillin (additional)
Cristina Martin‐Olmos (additional)
Masakazu Aono (additional)
James K. Gimzewski (additional)

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Created	13 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 31, 2011, 6:33 a.m.)
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Issued	13 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 31, 2011)
Published	13 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 31, 2011)
Published Online	13 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 31, 2011)
Published Print	13 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2012)

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