TY  - JOUR
A1  - Adamatzky, Andrew
A1  - Schubert, Theresa
T1  - Slime mold microfluidic logical gates
JF  - Materials Today
N2  - We demonstrate how logical operations can be implemented in ensembles of protoplasmic tubes of acellular slime mold Physarum polycephalum. The tactile response of the protoplasmic tubes is used to actuate analogs of two- and four-input logical gates and memory devices. The slime mold tube logical gates display results of logical operations by blocking flow in mechanically stimulated tube fragments and redirecting the flow to output tube fragments. We demonstrate how XOR and NOR gates are constructed. We also exemplify circuits of hybrid gates and a memory device. The slime mold based gates are non-electronic, simple and inexpensive, and several  gates can be realized simultaneously at sites where protoplasmic tubes merge.
KW  - Physarum polycephalum
KW  - protoplasmic tubes, Nucleolus-Organisator-Region
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170413-31168
SP  - 86
EP  - 91
ER  -