Title :

Theoretical modeling of dendrite growth from conductive wire electro-polymerization

Author(s) :

Kumar, Ankush [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Nanostructures, nanoComponents & Molecules - IEMN [NCM - IEMN]
Janzakova, Kamila [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Nanostructures, nanoComponents & Molecules - IEMN [NCM - IEMN]
Coffinier, Yannick [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
NanoBioInterfaces - IEMN [NBI - IEMN]
Pecqueur, Sebastien [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Nanostructures, nanoComponents & Molecules - IEMN [NCM - IEMN]
Alibart, Fabien [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Nanostructures, nanoComponents & Molecules - IEMN [NCM - IEMN]

Journal title :

Scientific Reports

Pages :

6395

Publisher :

Nature Publishing Group

Publication date :

2022-12

ISSN :

2045-2322

English keyword(s) :

Biosensors
Chemical engineering
Electrical and electronic engineering
Electrochemistry
Information storage
Synaptic plasticity
Techniques and instrumentation

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

English abstract : [en]

Abstract Electropolymerization is a bottom-up materials engineering process of micro/nano-scale that utilizes electrical signals to deposit conducting dendrites morphologies by a redox reaction in the liquid phase. It ...
Show more >Abstract Electropolymerization is a bottom-up materials engineering process of micro/nano-scale that utilizes electrical signals to deposit conducting dendrites morphologies by a redox reaction in the liquid phase. It resembles synaptogenesis in the brain, in which the electrical stimulation in the brain causes the formation of synapses from the cellular neural composites. The strategy has been recently explored for neuromorphic engineering by establishing link between the electrical signals and the dendrites’ shapes. Since the geometry of these structures determines their electrochemical properties, understanding the mechanisms that regulate polymer assembly under electrically programmed conditions is an important aspect. In this manuscript, we simulate this phenomenon using mesoscale simulations, taking into account the important features of spatial–temporal potential mapping based on the time-varying signal, the motion of charged particles in the liquid due to the electric field, and the attachment of particles on the electrode. The study helps in visualizing the motion of the charged particles in different electrical conditions, which is not possible to probe experimentally. Consistent with the experiments, the higher AC frequency of electrical activities favors linear wire-like growth, while lower frequency leads to more dense and fractal dendrites’ growth, and voltage offset leads to asymmetrical growth. We find that dendrites' shape and growth process systematically depend on particle concentration and random scattering. We discover that the different dendrites’ architectures are associated with different Laplace and diffusion fields, which govern the monomers’ trajectory and subsequent dendrites’ growth. Such unconventional engineering routes could have a variety of applications from neuromorphic engineering to bottom-up computing strategies.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

European Project :

An iono-electronic neuromorphic interface for communication with living systems

Collections :

• Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN) - UMR 8520

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