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Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites

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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(s): Massey MK, Kotsialos A, Volpati D, Vissol-Gaudin E, Pearson C, Bowen L, Obara B, Zeze DA, Groves C, Petty MC

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Scientific Reports

Year: 2016

Volume: 6

Online publication date: 25/08/2016

Acceptance date: 02/08/2016

Date deposited: 29/04/2021

ISSN (electronic): 2045-2322

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32197

DOI: 10.1038/srep32197

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