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Corentin Scholaert¹, Yannick Coffinier¹, Sébastien Pecqueur¹

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AC-electropolymerization leverages inherent variability in organic semiconductors to create novel computing hardware. This technique enables the development of complex, morphology-dependent devices for advanced in materio computing applications.

Keywords:

dendritic networks electropolymerization morphology‐dependent hardware unconventional computing

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Materials Science
Organic Electronics
Computational Hardware

Background:

Process variation and reproducibility issues impede the industrialization of organic semiconductors.
Stochasticity in material synthesis is typically a challenge to overcome in electronics.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate AC-electropolymerization as a viable method for developing morphology-dependent computing hardware.
To challenge the negative perception of variability in organic semiconductor research.

Main Methods:

Utilizing AC-electropolymerization to synthesize polymer dendrite networks.
Investigating the structure-operation relationship of these networks.
Exploring their capability for in materio computing with spatiotemporal inputs.

Main Results:

Electropolymerized polymer dendrite networks exhibit a complex structure-operation relationship.
These networks can implement functions ranging from nearly linear to nonlinear.
Dendritic networks demonstrate the ability to integrate numerous environmental inputs for spatiotemporal discrimination.

Conclusions:

AC-electropolymerization is a powerful platform for creating computing hardware by exploiting intrinsic stochasticity.
This technique facilitates the bottom-up implementation of computationally capable objects with rich topological features.
The findings promote a new perspective on material variability, paving the way for a new generation of organic electronic hardware.