A programmable chemical computer with memory and pattern recognition

Juan Manuel Parrilla-Gutierrez; Abhishek Sharma; Soichiro Tsuda; Geoffrey J. T. Cooper; Gerardo Aragon-Camarasa; Kevin Donkers; Leroy Cronin

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15190-3

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

A programmable chemical computer with memory and pattern recognition

Juan Manuel Parrilla-Gutierrez,
Abhishek Sharma,
Soichiro Tsuda,
Geoffrey J. T. Cooper,
Gerardo Aragon-Camarasa,
Kevin Donkers,
Leroy Cronin

Affiliations

Juan Manuel Parrilla-Gutierrez: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Abhishek Sharma: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Soichiro Tsuda: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Geoffrey J. T. Cooper: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Gerardo Aragon-Camarasa: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Kevin Donkers: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Leroy Cronin: School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15190-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Unconventional computing architectures might outperform current ones, but their realization has been limited to solving simple specific problems. Here, a network of interconnected Belousov-Zhabotinski reactions, operated by independent magnetic stirrers, performs encoding/decoding operations and data storage.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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