On 17 October, Dr. ir. Peter Korevaar (RU) will visit Christian Nijhuis and will give a lecture for the Molecules Centre titled:
"Molecular information processing in self‐organizing dynamic networks"
Abstract
Living matter is entirely driven by chemistry, which computes information encoded at the molecular level via chemical input-output cascades into the emergence of structure. In synthetic matter, such information processing opens fundamentally new modes of material-based function. Chemistry-based systems that directly interact with molecular input signals and self-organize will enable intelligent matter to operate in contexts that are inaccessible to traditional electronics (which is typically based on solid rather than soft, dynamic and rearranging matter).
In our research group – starting off with our experience in supramolecular and physical chemistry – we aim at building an experimental system that spontaneously organizes into an interconnected network of self-assembled wires. We aim at information processing through these dynamic wires that “guide” molecular inputs along adaptive pathways amongst sender and receiver agents. Using chemical reactions, molecular assembly and (physico)-chemical principles as the building blocks, we establish non-linear feedback loops in the self-organizing network.
Ultimately, we aim to exploit our system in chemical computing, where multidimensional chemical input signals are directly processed into distinct network patterns. Additionally, we are targeting at using the emerging connections in the network as weight factors in neuromorphic devices.
Peter Korevaar – Institute for Molecules and Materials – Radboud University Nijmegen
References:
Autonomous mesoscale positioning emerging from myelin filament self-organization and Marangoni flows, Arno van der Weijden, Mitch Winkens, Sandra M. C. Schoenmakers, Wilhelm T. S. Huck & Peter A. Korevaar, Nature Communications, 11, 4800 (2020)
Orbiting Self-Organization of Filament-Tethered Surface-Active Droplets, Mitch Winkens, Alexandru Vilcan, Pieter J. de Visser, Freek V. de Graaf & Peter A. Korevaar, Small, 2206800 (2023)
Self-Organization Emerging from Marangoni and Elastocapillary Effects Directed by Amphiphile Filament Connections, Mitch Winkens & Peter A. Korevaar, Langmuir, 38, 10799−10809 (2022)