Toward Hybrid Nanostructure-Slime Mould Devices

摘要: The plasmodium of slime mould Physarum polycephalum has recently received signi¯cant attention for its value as a highly malleable amorphous computing substrate. In laboratory-based experiments, nanoscale arti¯cial circuit components were introduced into the P. plasmdodium to investigate electrical properties and computational abilities hybridized mould. It was found through combination imaging techniques electrophysiological measurements that is able internalize range electrically active nanoparticles (NPs), assemble them in vivo distribute around plasmodium. Hybridized form biomorphic mineralized networks inside living empty trails left following migration, both which facilitate transmission electricity. Hybridization also alters bioelectrical activity likely in°uences information processing capabilities. concluded suitable substrate producing functional unconventional devices.