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Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats (2023)
Journal Article
Adamatzky, A., Tarabella, G., Phillips, N., Chiolerio, A., D’Angelo, P., Nikolaidou, A., & Sirakoulis, G. C. (2023). Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9367. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36244-8

A kombucha is a tea and sugar fermented by over sixty kinds of yeasts and bacteria. This symbiotic community produces kombucha mats, which are cellulose-based hydrogels. The kombucha mats can be used as an alternative to animal leather in industry an... Read More about Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats.

Proposing magnetoimpedance effect for neuromorphic computing (2023)
Journal Article
Jamilpanah, L., Chiolerio, A., Crepaldi, M., Adamatzky, A., & Mohseni, M. (2023). Proposing magnetoimpedance effect for neuromorphic computing. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 8635. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35876-0

Oscillation of physical parameters in materials can result in a peak signal in the frequency spectrum of the voltage measured from the materials. This spectrum and its amplitude/frequency tunability, through the application of bias voltage or current... Read More about Proposing magnetoimpedance effect for neuromorphic computing.

Transfer functions of proteinoid microspheres (2023)
Journal Article
Mougkogiannis, P., Phillips, N., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Transfer functions of proteinoid microspheres. BioSystems, 227-228, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104892

Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, are inorganic entities formed by heating amino acids to their melting point and commencing polymerisation to form polymeric chains. Typically, their diameters range from 1 μm to 10 μm. Some amino acids incorporated i... Read More about Transfer functions of proteinoid microspheres.

Electrical response of fungi to changing moisture content (2023)
Journal Article
Phillips, N., Gandia, A., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Electrical response of fungi to changing moisture content. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, 10(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40694-023-00155-0

Mycelium-bound composites are potential alternatives to conventional materials for a variety of applications, including thermal and acoustic building panels and product packaging. If the reactions of live mycelium to environmental conditions and stim... Read More about Electrical response of fungi to changing moisture content.

Responsive fungal insoles for pressure detection (2023)
Journal Article
Nikolaidou, A., Phillips, N., Tsompanas, M. A., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Responsive fungal insoles for pressure detection. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31594-9

Mycelium bound composites are promising materials for a diverse range of applications including wearables and building elements. Their functionality surpasses some of the capabilities of traditionally passive materials, such as synthetic fibres, reco... Read More about Responsive fungal insoles for pressure detection.

Experimental demonstration of in-memory computing in a ferrofluid system (2023)
Journal Article
Crepaldi, M., Mohan, C., Garofalo, E., Adamatzky, A., Szaciłowski, K., & Chiolerio, A. (2023). Experimental demonstration of in-memory computing in a ferrofluid system. Advanced Materials, 35(23), Article 2211406. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202211406

Magnetic fluids are excellent candidates for several important research fields including energy harvesting, biomedical applications, soft robotics, and exploration. However, notwithstanding relevant advancements such as shape reconfigurability, that... Read More about Experimental demonstration of in-memory computing in a ferrofluid system.

Living plants ecosystem sensing: A quantum bridge between thermodynamics and bioelectricity (2023)
Journal Article
Chiolerio, A., Vitiello, G., Dehshibi, M. M., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Living plants ecosystem sensing: A quantum bridge between thermodynamics and bioelectricity. Biomimetics, 8(1), 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010122

The in situ measurement of the bioelectric potential in xilematic and floematic superior plants reveals valuable insights into the biological activity of these organisms, including their responses to lunar and solar cycles and collective behaviour. T... Read More about Living plants ecosystem sensing: A quantum bridge between thermodynamics and bioelectricity.

Low frequency electrical waves in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres (2023)
Journal Article
Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Low frequency electrical waves in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1992. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29067-0

Proteinoids (thermal proteins) are produced by heating amino acids to their melting point and initiation of polymerisation to produce polymeric chains. Amino acid-like molecules, or proteinoids, can condense at high temperatures to create aggregation... Read More about Low frequency electrical waves in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres.

Dynamics of electrical resistance of kombucha zoogleal mats (2023)
Journal Article
Adamatzky, A. (in press). Dynamics of electrical resistance of kombucha zoogleal mats. Biophysical Reviews and Letters, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793048022500084

We demonstrate that zoogleal mats of kombucha exhibit spikes of electrical resistance. A kombucha is a sugared tea fermented by a symbiotic community of over 20 species of bacteria and yeasts which produce cellulosic gelatinous zoogleal mats. We reco... Read More about Dynamics of electrical resistance of kombucha zoogleal mats.

Electrical potential spiking of Kombucha zoogleal mats: A symbiotic community of bacteria and yeasts (2022)
Journal Article
Adamatzky, A. (2023). Electrical potential spiking of Kombucha zoogleal mats: A symbiotic community of bacteria and yeasts. Bioelectricity, 5(2), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2022.0030

Background: A kombucha is a sugared tea fermented by a symbiotic community of over 20 species of bacteria and yeasts. The community produces and inhabits cellulosic gelatinous zoogleal mats. Methods: We studied electrical activity of the kombucha mat... Read More about Electrical potential spiking of Kombucha zoogleal mats: A symbiotic community of bacteria and yeasts.

Logics in fungal Mycelium networks (2022)
Journal Article
Adamatzky, A., Ayres, P., Beasley, A. E., Roberts, N., & Wösten, H. A. B. (2022). Logics in fungal Mycelium networks. Logica Universalis, 16(4), 655-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-022-00318-4

The living mycelium networks are capable of efficient sensorial fusion over very large areas and distributed decision making. The information processing in the mycelium networks is implemented via propagation of electrical and chemical signals en pai... Read More about Logics in fungal Mycelium networks.

Electrical frequency discrimination by fungi Pleurotus ostreatus (2022)
Journal Article
Przyczyna, D., Szacilowski, K., Chiolerio, A., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Electrical frequency discrimination by fungi Pleurotus ostreatus. BioSystems, 222, 104797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104797

We stimulate mycelian networks of oyster fungi Pleurotus ostreatus with low frequency sinusoidal electrical signals. We demonstrate that the fungal networks can discriminate between frequencies in a fuzzy or threshold based manner. Details about the... Read More about Electrical frequency discrimination by fungi Pleurotus ostreatus.

Conventional non-computing and unconventional musical signal processing (2022)
Book Chapter
Baracskai, Z. (2022). Conventional non-computing and unconventional musical signal processing. In A. Adamatzky (Ed.), Unconventional Computing, Arts, Philosophy (339-365). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811257155_0020

As the scepsis maintains its lead in scientific enquiry giving birth to unconventional computing, one must poke at the newborn as well. By manipulating the terms convention and computing, challenges are posed to their meaning in the contemporary cont... Read More about Conventional non-computing and unconventional musical signal processing.

Chimera states in neuro-inspired area-efficient asynchronous cellular automata networks (2022)
Journal Article
Tsakalos, K., Dragkola, P., Karamani, R., Tsompanas, M., Provata, A., Dimitrakis, P., …Sirakoulis, G. C. (2022). Chimera states in neuro-inspired area-efficient asynchronous cellular automata networks. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 69(10), 4128-4140. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2022.3187376

Synchronization transition in neuromorphic networks has attracted much attention recently as a fundamental property of biological neural networks, which relies on network connectivity along with different synaptic features. In this work, an area-opti... Read More about Chimera states in neuro-inspired area-efficient asynchronous cellular automata networks.

Mining logical circuits in fungi (2022)
Journal Article
Roberts, N., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Mining logical circuits in fungi. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 15930. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20080-3

Living substrates are capable for nontrivial mappings of electrical signals due to the substrate nonlinear electrical characteristics. This property can be used to realise Boolean functions. Input logical values are represented by amplitude or freque... Read More about Mining logical circuits in fungi.

Rethinking living matter: Animate behaviours of fungal composites (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Nikolaidou, A., & Adamatzky, A. (2022, September). Rethinking living matter: Animate behaviours of fungal composites. Paper presented at SEEDS International Conference 2022, University of West of England, Bristol

Smart materials integrating conventional soft electronics e.g. sensors and actuators, are widely used in the building and wearable industries, contributing to the depletion of natural resources and having a vast environmental impact. In this paper, a... Read More about Rethinking living matter: Animate behaviours of fungal composites.

Molecular collective response and dynamical symmetry properties in biopotentials of superior plants: Experimental observations and quantum field theory modeling (2022)
Journal Article
Chiolerio, A., Dehshibi, M. M., Vitiello, G., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Molecular collective response and dynamical symmetry properties in biopotentials of superior plants: Experimental observations and quantum field theory modeling. Symmetry, 14(9), e1792. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14091792

Trees employ impulses of electrical activity to coordinate actions of their bodies and long-distance communication. There are indications that the vascular system might act as a network of pathways for traveling electrical impulses. A question arises... Read More about Molecular collective response and dynamical symmetry properties in biopotentials of superior plants: Experimental observations and quantum field theory modeling.

Neuromorphic liquids, colloids and gels: A review (2022)
Journal Article
Raeisi Kheirabadi, N. R., Chiolerio, A., Szacilowski, K., & Adamatzky, A. (in press). Neuromorphic liquids, colloids and gels: A review. ChemPhysChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200390

Advances in flexible electronic devices and robotic software require that sensors and controllers be virtually devoid of traditional electronic components, be deformable and stretch-resistant. Liquid electronic devices that mimic biological synapses... Read More about Neuromorphic liquids, colloids and gels: A review.

A haploid-diploid evolutionary algorithm optimizing nanoparticle based cancer treatments (2022)
Book Chapter
Tsompanas, M., Bull, L., Adamatzky, A., & Balaz, I. (2022). A haploid-diploid evolutionary algorithm optimizing nanoparticle based cancer treatments. In I. Balaz, & A. Adamatzky (Eds.), Cancer, Complexity, Computation (237-251). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04379-6_10

This paper uses a recent explanation for the fundamental haploid-diploid lifecycle of eukaryotic organisms to present a new evolutionary algorithm that differs from all previous known work using diploid representations. A form of the Baldwin effect h... Read More about A haploid-diploid evolutionary algorithm optimizing nanoparticle based cancer treatments.

Chemical Wave Computing from Labware to Electrical Systems (2022)
Journal Article
Chatzinikolaou, T. P., Fyrigos, I., Ntinas, V., Kitsios, S., Tsompanas, M., Bousoulas, P., …Sirakoulis, G. C. (2022). Chemical Wave Computing from Labware to Electrical Systems. Electronics, 11(11), Article 1683. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11111683

Unconventional and, specifically, wave computing has been repeatedly studied in laboratory based experiments by utilizing chemical systems like a thin film of Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactions. Nonetheless, the principles demonstrated by this chemi... Read More about Chemical Wave Computing from Labware to Electrical Systems.