Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks

Abstract The advent of neuromorphic substrates is promoting the development of in materia autonomous and adaptive devices, employed as hardware solutions to reduce the current inefficiencies of traditional data processing techniques, in terms of energy requirements. The integration of data processin...

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Main Authors: Giacomo Nadalini, Alexander Dallinger, Davide Sottocorno, Francesco Greco, Francesca Borghi, Paolo Milani
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Published: Wiley-VCH 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400717
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Alexander Dallinger
Davide Sottocorno
Francesco Greco
Francesca Borghi
Paolo Milani
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description Abstract The advent of neuromorphic substrates is promoting the development of in materia autonomous and adaptive devices, employed as hardware solutions to reduce the current inefficiencies of traditional data processing techniques, in terms of energy requirements. The integration of data processing capabilities on soft materials is here focused on the development of the edge computing paradigm of interest for soft robotics and wearable devices. For such purposes, gold nanostructured complex networks produced in the gas phase are employed to fabricate neuromorphic devices. The integration of the latter on a soft Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate equipped with stretchable laser‐induced graphene electrodes, is exploited for the production of in materia devices to bridge the gap between data processing and interaction with the environment. The description and the control of the non‐linear, resistive switching electrical properties are demonstrated by the development of soft mechano‐responsive electronic switches and soft reconfigurable logic gates. These preserve Boolean functions classifications even under small mechanical perturbations, thanks to the redundant and adaptive connectivity of the gold networks. These results constitute a promising starting point  for a fruitful combination of physical and computing intelligence directly integrated on soft systems to efficiently interact with the surrounding scenario.
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spelling doaj-art-a19bcf2ddd2946169925f53f8056bdd22025-08-20T03:08:00ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Electronic Materials2199-160X2025-05-01117n/an/a10.1002/aelm.202400717Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold NetworksGiacomo Nadalini0Alexander Dallinger1Davide Sottocorno2Francesco Greco3Francesca Borghi4Paolo Milani5CIMaINa and Dipartimento di Fisica “Aldo Pontremoli” Università di Milano Milano 20133 ItalyInstitute of Solid State Physics NAWI Graz Graz University of Technology Graz 8010 AustriaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Augusto Righi” Università di Bologna Bologna 40126 ItalyInstitute of Solid State Physics NAWI Graz Graz University of Technology Graz 8010 AustriaCIMaINa and Dipartimento di Fisica “Aldo Pontremoli” Università di Milano Milano 20133 ItalyCIMaINa and Dipartimento di Fisica “Aldo Pontremoli” Università di Milano Milano 20133 ItalyAbstract The advent of neuromorphic substrates is promoting the development of in materia autonomous and adaptive devices, employed as hardware solutions to reduce the current inefficiencies of traditional data processing techniques, in terms of energy requirements. The integration of data processing capabilities on soft materials is here focused on the development of the edge computing paradigm of interest for soft robotics and wearable devices. For such purposes, gold nanostructured complex networks produced in the gas phase are employed to fabricate neuromorphic devices. The integration of the latter on a soft Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate equipped with stretchable laser‐induced graphene electrodes, is exploited for the production of in materia devices to bridge the gap between data processing and interaction with the environment. The description and the control of the non‐linear, resistive switching electrical properties are demonstrated by the development of soft mechano‐responsive electronic switches and soft reconfigurable logic gates. These preserve Boolean functions classifications even under small mechanical perturbations, thanks to the redundant and adaptive connectivity of the gold networks. These results constitute a promising starting point  for a fruitful combination of physical and computing intelligence directly integrated on soft systems to efficiently interact with the surrounding scenario.https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400717flexible switchnanostructured goldneuromorphic devicesreconfigurable threshold logic gatessoft electronic
spellingShingle Giacomo Nadalini
Alexander Dallinger
Davide Sottocorno
Francesco Greco
Francesca Borghi
Paolo Milani
Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks
Advanced Electronic Materials
flexible switch
nanostructured gold
neuromorphic devices
reconfigurable threshold logic gates
soft electronic
title Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks
title_full Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks
title_fullStr Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks
title_full_unstemmed Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks
title_short Soft Electronic Switches and Adaptive Logic Gates Based on Nanostructured Gold Networks
title_sort soft electronic switches and adaptive logic gates based on nanostructured gold networks
topic flexible switch
nanostructured gold
neuromorphic devices
reconfigurable threshold logic gates
soft electronic
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