Issue 34, 2020

Experimental verification of an opto-chemical “neurocomputer”

Abstract

A theoretically predicted hierarchical network of pulse coupled chemical micro-oscillators and excitable micro-cells that we call a chemical “neurocomputer” (CN) or even a chemical “brain” is tested experimentally using the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. The CN consists of five functional units: (1) a central pattern generator (CPG), (2) an antenna, (3) a reader for the CPG, (4) a reader for the antenna unit, and (5) a decision making (DM) unit. A hybrid CN, in which such chemical units as readers and DM units are replaced by electronic units, is tested as well. All these variations of the CN respond intelligently to external signals, since they perform an automatic transition from a current to a new dynamic mode of the CPG, which is similar to the antenna dynamic mode that in turn is induced by external signals. In other words, we show for the first time that a network of pulse coupled chemical micro-oscillators is capable of intelligent adaptive behavior.

Graphical abstract: Experimental verification of an opto-chemical “neurocomputer”

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Apr 2020
Accepted
24 Jul 2020
First published
21 Aug 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 19359-19367

Experimental verification of an opto-chemical “neurocomputer”

I. S. Proskurkin, P. S. Smelov and V. K. Vanag, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 19359 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01858A

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