journal article·2026-05-12

Toward a Hardware Spiking Neural Network: Learning and Adaptation with an Environmental Sustainable Polymer Memristor

Stephen H. Foulger, Yuriy Bandera, Travis Wanless, Igor Luzinov, Olivia Cobb, Michael G. Sehorn, Lubomir Kostal, Jiří Pfleger, Jarmila Vilčáková

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Abstract

A hybrid conjugated polymer is presented that supports spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) for neuromorphic computing devices while enabling environmental sustainability through biodegradability. The polymer, distinguished by its carbazole backbone and electrically responsive pendant carbazole groups, forms a two-terminal device that exhibits analog STDP behavior. Demonstrations focus on fundamental switching characteristics using individual devices, offering insights relevant to temporal learning tasks such as speech and image recognition. The energy cost per programming event is 60 nJ. Biodegradation is demonstrated using Pseudomonas resinovorans CA10 lysate, supporting reduced electronic waste. This work introduces a sustainable soft-matter platform for synaptic device development.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Memory and Neural Computing · Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing · Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

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Affiliations

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Clemson University

Department of Bioengineering

Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET)

Department of Genetics and Biochemistry

Institute of Physiology, Computational Neuroscience Group, Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic

Otto Wichterle Centre of Polymer Materials and Technologies

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Department of Physics and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Tř. T. Bati 5678, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic

Funding

Ministerstvo ?kolstv?, Ml?de?e a Telov?chovy · Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure · Gregg-Graniteville Foundation

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