Neuroarchitectronics and Neuromorphological Molecular Processing Platforms

This paper focuses on the exploratory studies of neuromorphological molecular processing platforms (^NMPPs) implemented utilizing molecular processing modules (^NPMs). The processing can be implemented utilizing electrochemomechanical transitions, conformational changes, optoelectronic effects, electron transport, etc. The behavioral evolutions (conformational changes, controlled electron transport and other switchings) of molecular devices (^Mdevices) can be utilized. For example, if molecular electronic devices (^MEdevices) guarantee operational IV characteristics and can be interfaced, molecular integrated circuits (^MICs) can be engineered. Various three-dimensional (3D) ^MPMs and ^MICs have been envisioned to implement datapath, memory and other subsystems in ^MPPs. The ability to accomplish parallelism, reconfiguration and adaptive networking will lead to design of ^NMPPs. We examine various molecular processing primitives, including multi-terminal MEdevices which form molecular gates (Mgates). By aggregating molecular primitives, utilizing cultured neurons or employing Mgates, neuronal hypercells ("hypercells) can be engineered as a baseline modular primitive. The aggregated "hypercells form ^MPMs and ^MICs. This paper focuses on further developments of molecular signal processing utilizing the premise of natural information processing.