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Memristive devices represent a promising technology for building neuromorphic electronic systems. In addition to their compactness and non-volatility features, they are characterized by computationally relevant physical properties, such as…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-07-18 Melika Payvand , Manu V Nair , Lorenz K. Muller , Giacomo Indiveri

We theoretically demonstrate that sufficiently strong magnetoelastic coupling can change the ground state of otherwise uniform spin systems to chiral spin configurations. More specifically, we show that, a periodic array of chiral spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-22 Gyungchoon Go , Se Kwon Kim

Magnetoelectric composites integrate the coupling between magnetic and piezoelectric materials to create new functionalities for potential technological applications. This coupling is typically achieved through the exchange of magnetic,…

Humans and animals learn throughout life. Such continual learning is crucial for intelligence. In this chapter, we examine the pivotal role plasticity mechanisms with complex internal synaptic dynamics could play in enabling this ability in…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-10-21 Friedemann Zenke , Axel Laborieux

Memristive neural networks (MNNs), which use memristors as neurons or synapses, have become a hot research topic recently. However, most memristors are not compatible with mainstream integrated circuit technology and their stabilities in…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-01-03 Zhiri Tang , Ruohua Zhu , Peng Lin , Jin He , Hao Wang , Qijun Huang , Sheng Chang , Qiming Ma

We demonstrate that the hybrid structures consisting of a superconducting layer with an adjacent spin-textured ferromagnet demonstrate the variety of equilibrium magnetoelectric effects originating from coupling between the conduction…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-06-18 D. S. Rabinovich , I. V. Bobkova , A. M. Bobkov , M. A. Silaev

Memristor technologies have been rapidly maturing for the past decade to support the needs of emerging memory, artificial synapses, logic gates and bio-signal processing applications. So far, however, most concepts are developed by…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-10-11 Thomas Abbey , Alexantrou Serb , Spyros Stathopoulos , Loukas Michalas , Themis Prodromakis

Neuromorphic hardware facilitates rapid and energy-efficient training and operation of neural network models for artificial intelligence. However, existing analog in-memory computing devices, like memristors, continue to face significant…

We study a fully connected Hopfield-type associative memory network with online activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, where neural states and synaptic couplings coevolve during retrieval. Using the generating-functional formalism, we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-22 Yoshinori Hara , Yoshiyuki Kabashima

We study the synchronization of two model neurons coupled through a synapse having an activity-dependent strength. Our synapse follows the rules of Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP). We show that this plasticity of the coupling…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Valentin P. Zhigulin , Mikhail I. Rabinovich , Ramon Huerta , Henry D. I. Abarbanel

The synapse is a key element of neuromorphic computing in terms of efficiency and accuracy. In this paper, an optimized current-controlled memristive synapse circuit is proposed. Our proposed synapse demonstrates reliability in the face of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Hritom Das , Rocco D. Febbo , Charlie P. Rizzo , Nishith N. Chakraborty , James S. Plank , Garrett S. Rose

In this paper we predict that the magnetoelectric response of two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnets is determined by the topology of the ground state. This topological magnetoelectric response, encoded in the spin magnetoelectric…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-08 Jörn W. F. Venderbos , Paola Gentile , Carmine Ortix

The human brain, with its energy-efficient and massively parallel architecture seamlessly integrates memory and computation. Its topology and functionality serve as the inspiration for the field of neuromorphic computing. Realizing…

Synaptic plasticity allows cortical circuits to learn new tasks and to adapt to changing environments. How do cortical circuits use plasticity to acquire functions such as decision-making or working memory? Neurons are connected in complex…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-03-08 Néstor Parga , Luis Serrano-Fernández , Joan Falcó-Roget

Memristors have emerged as key candidates for beyond-von-Neumann neuromorphic or in-memory computing owing to the feasibility of their ultrahigh-density three-dimensional integration and their ultralow energy consumption. A memristor is…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-08-06 Lingxiang Hu , Jing Yang , Jingrui Wang , Peihong Cheng , Leon O. Chua , Fei Zhuge

Coupled networks of mass-spring resonators have attracted growing attention across multiple fundamental and applied research directions, including reservoir computing for artificial intelligence. This has led to the exploration of platforms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Andrea Grimaldi , Davi R. Rodrigues , Andrea Meo , Francesca Garescì , Giovanni Finocchio

The enormous amount of data generated nowadays worldwide is increasingly triggering the search for unconventional and more efficient ways of processing and classifying information, eventually able to transcend the conventional…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-04-22 Ewelina Wlaźlak , Dawid Przyczyna , Rafael Gutierrez , Gianaurelio Cuniberti , Konrad Szaciłowski

We suggest a possible realization of a solid-state memory capacitive (memcapacitive) system. Our approach relies on the slow polarization rate of a medium between plates of a regular capacitor. To achieve this goal, we consider a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 J. Martinez , M. Di Ventra , Yu. V. Pershin

Magnetoelectric multiferroics promise direct cross-control between coexisting ferroelectric and ferromagnetic orders, which is of interest for applications in magnetism and spintronics. A particularly interesting type of cross-control is…

Macroscopic spin ensembles possess brain-like features such as non-linearity, plasticity, stochasticity, selfoscillations, and memory effects, and therefore offer opportunities for neuromorphic computing by spintronics devices. Here we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-01-11 Weichao Yu , Jiang Xiao , Gerrit E. W. Bauer