Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Emergence of winner-takes-all connectivity paths in random nanowire networks

  • Hugh G. Manning,
  • Fabio Niosi,
  • Claudia Gomes da Rocha,
  • Allen T. Bellew,
  • Colin O’Callaghan,
  • Subhajit Biswas,
  • Patrick F. Flowers,
  • Benjamin J. Wiley,
  • Justin D. Holmes,
  • Mauro S. Ferreira,
  • John J. Boland

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05517-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Nanowire networks with memristive properties are promising for neuromorphic applications. Here, the authors observe the formation of a preferred conduction pathway which uses the lowest possible energy to get through the network and could be exploited for the design of optimal brain-inspired devices.