Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites
(2016) In Scientific Reports 6.- Abstract
Evolution-in-materio concerns the computer controlled manipulation of material systems using external stimuli to train or evolve the material to perform a useful function. In this paper we demonstrate the evolution of a disordered composite material, using voltages as the external stimuli, into a form where a simple computational problem can be solved. The material consists of single-walled carbon nanotubes suspended in liquid crystal; the nanotubes act as a conductive network, with the liquid crystal providing a host medium to allow the conductive network to reorganise when voltages are applied. We show that the application of electric fields under computer control results in a significant change in the material morphology, favouring... (More)
Evolution-in-materio concerns the computer controlled manipulation of material systems using external stimuli to train or evolve the material to perform a useful function. In this paper we demonstrate the evolution of a disordered composite material, using voltages as the external stimuli, into a form where a simple computational problem can be solved. The material consists of single-walled carbon nanotubes suspended in liquid crystal; the nanotubes act as a conductive network, with the liquid crystal providing a host medium to allow the conductive network to reorganise when voltages are applied. We show that the application of electric fields under computer control results in a significant change in the material morphology, favouring the solution to a classification task.
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- author
- Massey, M. K. ; Kotsialos, A. ; Volpati, D. LU ; Vissol-Gaudin, E. ; Pearson, C. ; Bowen, L. ; Obara, B. ; Zeze, D. A. ; Groves, C. and Petty, M. C.
- publishing date
- 2016-08-25
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- in
- Scientific Reports
- volume
- 6
- article number
- 32197
- publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84984691759
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- DOI
- 10.1038/srep32197
- language
- English
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- no
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- 1ff82fea-7feb-4390-a990-2a0886004a1c
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- 2019-05-17 14:29:34
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author = {{Massey, M. K. and Kotsialos, A. and Volpati, D. and Vissol-Gaudin, E. and Pearson, C. and Bowen, L. and Obara, B. and Zeze, D. A. and Groves, C. and Petty, M. C.}},
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series = {{Scientific Reports}},
title = {{Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32197}},
doi = {{10.1038/srep32197}},
volume = {{6}},
year = {{2016}},
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