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A materials-based mimic for the neural signals may Promoting the development of AI.

The multidisciplinary team, led by Texas A&M chemist Sarbajit Banerjee in collaboration with Texas A&M electrical and computer engineer R. Stanley Williams and additional colleagues across North America and abroad, has discovered a neuron-like electrical switching mechanism in the solid-state material β'-CuxV2O5 -- specifically, how it reversibly morphs between conducting and insulating behavior on command.

The team was able to clarify the underlying mechanism driving this behavior by taking a new look at β'-CuxV2O5, a remarkable chameleon-like material that changes with temperature or an applied electrical stimulus. In the process, they zeroed in on how copper ions move around inside the material and how this subtle dance in turn sloshes electrons around to transform it.

Their research revealed that the movement of copper ions is the linchpin of an electrical conductivity change which can be leveraged to create electrical spikes in the same way that neurons function in the cerebral nervous system -- a major step toward developing circuitry that functions like the human brain.

[Source:https://science.tamu.edu/news/2020/02/texas-am-led-team-sheds-new-light-on-design-of-inorganic-materials-for-brain-like-computing/]

 

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