Applied Physics Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
126(18)
Published: May 5, 2025
Recent
advancements
in
artificial
intelligence
have
spurred
growing
interest
developing
innovative
architectures
for
synapses.
Among
these,
nanowires
emerged
as
promising
candidates
creating
lightweight,
flexible,
and
energy-efficient
However,
achieving
in-plane
aligned
growth
of
on
flexible
substrates
poses
a
substantial
challenge
their
integration
into
bendable
This
study
introduces
room-temperature
solution-phase
graphoepitaxial
technique
that
facilitates
the
along
hydrophilic
nanogrooves
polyvinyl
alcohol
films.
scalable
method
obviates
need
complex
vacuum
systems
bypasses
constraints
traditional
lattice-matching
epitaxy
by
leveraging
surface
topography
to
guide
nanowire
alignment.
Devices
incorporating
tri-isopropylsilylethynyl
pentacene
exhibit
wavelength-sensitive
photoresponse
mimic
fundamental
biological
synaptic
behaviors,
including
paired
pulse
facilitation
spike-number-dependent
plasticity.
Furthermore,
these
devices
demonstrate
exceptional
bending
stability,
maintaining
consistent
response
even
after
2000
bends
at
curvature
radius
0.4
cm.
The
approach's
versatility
is
further
highlighted
its
applicability
diverse
organic
arrays.
By
seamlessly
integrating
without
requiring
post-growth
transfer
assembly,
this
approach
simplifies
fabrication
processes
improves
device
durability.
underscores
transformative
potential
efficient
strategy
advancing
conformable
nanowire-based
technologies.
Applied Physics Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(4)
Published: Oct. 1, 2024
In
the
era
of
artificial
intelligence
and
smart
automated
systems,
quest
for
efficient
data
processing
has
driven
exploration
into
neuromorphic
aiming
to
replicate
brain
functionality
complex
cognitive
actions.
This
review
assesses,
based
on
recent
literature,
challenges
progress
in
developing
basic
focusing
“material-neuron”
concepts,
that
integrate
structural
similarities,
analog
memory,
retention,
Hebbian
learning
brain,
contrasting
with
conventional
von
Neumann
architecture
spiking
circuits.
We
categorize
these
devices
filamentary
non-filamentary
types,
highlighting
their
ability
mimic
synaptic
plasticity
through
external
stimuli
manipulation.
Additionally,
we
emphasize
importance
heterogeneous
neural
content
support
conductance
linearity,
plasticity,
volatility,
enabling
effective
storage
various
types
information.
Our
comprehensive
approach
categorizes
fundamentally
different
under
a
generalized
pattern
dictated
by
driving
parameters,
namely,
pulse
number,
amplitude,
duration,
interval,
as
well
current
compliance
employed
contain
conducting
pathways.
also
discuss
hybridization
protocols
fabricating
systems
making
use
existing
complementary
metal
oxide
semiconductor
technologies
being
practiced
silicon
foundries,
which
perhaps
ensures
smooth
translation
user
interfacing
new
generation
devices.
The
concludes
outlining
insights
challenges,
future
directions
realizing
deployable
field
intelligence.
Nanoscale Horizons,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(3), P. 416 - 426
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
In
this
work,
Milano
et
al.
reported
on
quantum
conductance
effects
in
memristive
nanowires,
unveiling
the
origin
of
deviations
levels
from
integer
multiples
and
analyzing
fluctuations
over
time
devices.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
18(46), P. 31632 - 31659
Published: Nov. 5, 2024
Neuromorphic
computing,
inspired
by
the
highly
interconnected
and
energy-efficient
way
human
brain
processes
information,
has
emerged
as
a
promising
technology
for
post-Moore's
law
era.
This
emerging
can
emulate
structures
functions
of
is
expected
to
overcome
fundamental
limitation
current
von
Neumann
computing
architecture.
devices
stand
out
key
components
future
electronic
systems,
exhibiting
potential
in
shaping
landscape
neuromorphic
computing.
Especially,
nanowire
(NW)-based
devices,
with
their
advantages
high
integration,
high-speed
low
power
consumption,
have
recently
candidates
technology.
Here,
critical
overview
development
relevant
research
field
NW-based
are
provided.
based
on
different
NW
materials
comprehensively
discussed,
including
Ag
NW-based,
organic
metal
oxide
semiconductor
devices.
Finally,
foresight
perspective,
potentials
challenges
these
use
brain-like
electronics
discussed.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 10, 2025
Neuromorphic
devices
are
designed
to
replicate
the
energy-efficient
information
processing
advantages
found
in
biological
neural
networks
by
emulating
working
mechanisms
of
neurons
and
synapses.
However,
most
existing
neuromorphic
focus
primarily
on
functionally
mimicking
synapses,
with
insufficient
emphasis
ion
transport
mechanisms.
This
limitation
makes
it
challenging
achieve
complexity
connectivity
inherent
systems,
such
as
ephaptic
coupling.
Here,
an
ionic
biomimetic
synaptic
device
based
a
flexible
ion-gel
nanofiber
network
is
proposed,
which
transmits
enables
coupling
through
capacitance
formation
extremely
low
energy
consumption
just
6
femtojoules.
The
hysteretic
behavior
endows
synaptic-like
memory
effects,
significantly
enhancing
performance
reservoir
computing
system
for
classifying
MNIST
handwritten
digit
dataset
demonstrating
high
efficiency
edge
learning.
More
importantly,
array
establish
communication
connections,
exhibiting
global
oscillatory
behaviors
similar
networks.
perform
tasks,
paving
way
developing
brain-like
systems
characterized
vast
connectivity.
Advanced Intelligent Systems,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 14, 2025
Neuromorphic
computing
has
the
potential
to
revolutionize
future
technologies
and
our
understanding
of
intelligence,
yet
it
remains
challenging
realize
in
practice.
The
learning‐from‐mistakes
algorithm,
inspired
by
brain's
simple
learning
rules
inhibition
pruning,
is
one
few
brain‐like
training
methods.
This
algorithm
implemented
neuromorphic
memristive
hardware
through
a
codesign
process
that
evaluates
essential
trade‐offs.
While
effectively
trains
small
networks
as
binary
classifiers
perceptrons,
performance
declines
significantly
with
increasing
network
size
unless
tailored
algorithm.
work
investigates
trade‐offs
between
depth,
controllability,
capacity—the
number
learnable
patterns—in
hardware.
highlights
importance
topology
governing
equations,
providing
theoretical
tools
evaluate
device's
computational
capacity
based
on
its
measurements
circuit
structure.
findings
show
breaking
neural
symmetry
enhances
both
controllability
capacity.
Additionally,
pruning
circuit,
algorithms
all‐memristive
circuits
can
utilize
stochastic
resources
create
local
contrasts
weights.
Through
combined
experimental
simulation
efforts,
parameters
are
identified
enable
exhibit
emergent
intelligence
from
rules,
advancing
computing.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: April 13, 2025
Abstract
Neuromorphic
computing
aims
to
develop
hardware
platforms
that
emulate
the
effectiveness
of
our
brain.
In
this
context,
brain-inspired
self-organizing
memristive
networks
have
been
demonstrated
as
promising
physical
substrates
for
in
materia
computing.
However,
understanding
connection
between
network
dynamics
and
information
processing
capabilities
these
systems
still
represents
a
challenge.
work,
we
show
neuromorphic
nanowire
behavior
can
be
modeled
an
Ornstein-Uhlenbeck
process
which
holistically
combines
stimuli-dependent
deterministic
trajectories
stochastic
effects.
This
unified
modeling
framework,
able
describe
main
features
including
noise
jumps,
enables
investigation
quantification
roles
played
by
on
system
context
reservoir
These
results
pave
way
development
paradigms
exploiting
same
platform
similar
what
brain
does.