Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions
Abstract Nanostructured Au films fabricated by the assembling of nanoparticles produced in the gas phase have shown properties suitable for neuromorphic computing applications: they are characterized by a non-linear and non-local electrical behavior, featuring switches of the electric resistance who...
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| author | F. Mambretti M. Mirigliano E. Tentori N. Pedrani G. Martini P. Milani D. E. Galli |
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| description | Abstract Nanostructured Au films fabricated by the assembling of nanoparticles produced in the gas phase have shown properties suitable for neuromorphic computing applications: they are characterized by a non-linear and non-local electrical behavior, featuring switches of the electric resistance whose activation is typically triggered by an applied voltage over a certain threshold. These systems can be considered as complex networks of metallic nanojunctions where thermal effects at the nanoscale cause the continuous rearrangement of regions with low and high electrical resistance. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the electrical properties of this nano granular system, we developed a model based on a large three dimensional regular resistor network with non-linear conduction mechanisms and stochastic updates of conductances. Remarkably, by increasing enough the number of nodes in the network, the features experimentally observed in the electrical conduction properties of nanostructured gold films are qualitatively reproduced in the dynamical behavior of the system. In the activated non-linear conduction regime, our model reproduces also the growing trend, as a function of the subsystem size, of quantities like Mutual and Integrated Information, which have been extracted from the experimental resistance series data via an information theoretic analysis. This indicates that nanostructured Au films (and our model) possess a certain degree of activated interconnection among different areas which, in principle, could be exploited for neuromorphic computing applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3af117460924a358a88e501525872762022-12-22T02:31:28ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-07-0112111310.1038/s41598-022-15996-9Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctionsF. Mambretti0M. Mirigliano1E. Tentori2N. Pedrani3G. Martini4P. Milani5D. E. Galli6CIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoCIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoCIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoCIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoCIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoCIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoCIMAINA and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di MilanoAbstract Nanostructured Au films fabricated by the assembling of nanoparticles produced in the gas phase have shown properties suitable for neuromorphic computing applications: they are characterized by a non-linear and non-local electrical behavior, featuring switches of the electric resistance whose activation is typically triggered by an applied voltage over a certain threshold. These systems can be considered as complex networks of metallic nanojunctions where thermal effects at the nanoscale cause the continuous rearrangement of regions with low and high electrical resistance. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the electrical properties of this nano granular system, we developed a model based on a large three dimensional regular resistor network with non-linear conduction mechanisms and stochastic updates of conductances. Remarkably, by increasing enough the number of nodes in the network, the features experimentally observed in the electrical conduction properties of nanostructured gold films are qualitatively reproduced in the dynamical behavior of the system. In the activated non-linear conduction regime, our model reproduces also the growing trend, as a function of the subsystem size, of quantities like Mutual and Integrated Information, which have been extracted from the experimental resistance series data via an information theoretic analysis. This indicates that nanostructured Au films (and our model) possess a certain degree of activated interconnection among different areas which, in principle, could be exploited for neuromorphic computing applications.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15996-9 |
| spellingShingle | F. Mambretti M. Mirigliano E. Tentori N. Pedrani G. Martini P. Milani D. E. Galli Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions Scientific Reports |
| title | Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions |
| title_full | Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions |
| title_fullStr | Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions |
| title_short | Dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions |
| title_sort | dynamical stochastic simulation of complex electrical behavior in neuromorphic networks of metallic nanojunctions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15996-9 |
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