Dynamical nonlinear memory capacitance in biomimetic membranes

Joseph S. Najem; Md Sakib Hasan; R. Stanley Williams; Ryan J. Weiss; Garrett S. Rose; Graham J. Taylor; Stephen A. Sarles; C. Patrick Collier

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11223-8

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Dynamical nonlinear memory capacitance in biomimetic membranes

Joseph S. Najem,
Md Sakib Hasan,
R. Stanley Williams,
Ryan J. Weiss,
Garrett S. Rose,
Graham J. Taylor,
Stephen A. Sarles,
C. Patrick Collier

Affiliations

Joseph S. Najem: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
Md Sakib Hasan: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
R. Stanley Williams: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Ryan J. Weiss: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
Garrett S. Rose: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee
Graham J. Taylor: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
Stephen A. Sarles: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
C. Patrick Collier: Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11223-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Two-terminal memory elements hold promise to store and process information via history-dependent material configurations at low-energy cost. Here, Najem et al. show a voltage-controlled capacitive memory due to reversible geometrical changes in a lipid bilayer capable of learning via synapse-like plasticity.

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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