Ab Initio Molecular-Dynamics Simulation of Neuromorphic Computing in Phase-Change Memory Materials

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 14223-14230

  Skelton, Jonathan M ^a,c   Loke, Desmond ^a,b   Lee, Taehoon ^a   Elliott, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ab initio molecular dynamics simulations; brain inspired neuromorphic computing; computational modeling; electronic synapse; phase change materials

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; BRAIN-INSPIRED; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC SYNAPSE; NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING; SPIKE TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITIES; STRUCTURAL ORDERING;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84936869441     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01825     Document Type: Article

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