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| author | Gomes, Tristan da Câmara Santa Clara Marchal, Nicolas Moureaux, Anatole de Wergifosse, Simon Chopin, Chloé Piraux, Luc Medina, Joaquín de la Torre Araujo, Flavio Abreu |
| author_facet | Gomes, Tristan da Câmara Santa Clara Marchal, Nicolas Moureaux, Anatole de Wergifosse, Simon Chopin, Chloé Piraux, Luc Medina, Joaquín de la Torre Araujo, Flavio Abreu |
| contents | Three-dimensional interconnected nanowire networks have recently attracted notable attention for the fabrication of new devices for energy harvesting/storage, sensing, catalysis, magnetic and spintronic applications and for the design of new hardware neuromorphic computing architectures. However, the complex branching of these nanowire networks makes it challenging to investigate these 3D nanostructured systems theoretically. Here, we present a theoretical description and simulations of the geometric properties of these 3D interconnected nanowire networks with selected characteristics. Our analysis reveals that the nanowire segment length between two crossing zones follows an exponential distribution. This suggests that shorter nanowire segments have a more pronounced influence on the nanowire network properties compared to their longer counterparts. Moreover, our observations reveal a homogeneous distribution in the smallest distance between the cores of two crossing nanowires. The results are highly reproducible and unaffected by changes in the nanowire network characteristics. The density of crossing zones and interconnected nanowire segments are found to vary as the square of the nanowire density multiplied by their diameter, further multiplied by a factor dependent on the packing factor. Finally, densities of interconnected segments up to 10$^{13}$ cm$^{-2}$ can be achieved for 22-$μ$m-thick nanowire networks with high packing factors. This has important implications for neuromorphic computing applications, suggesting that the realization of 10$^{14}$ interconnections, which corresponds to the approximate number of synaptic connections in the human brain, is achievable with a nanowire network of about 10 cm$^{2}$. |
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| spellingShingle | Geometrical properties of 3D crossed nanowire networks Gomes, Tristan da Câmara Santa Clara Marchal, Nicolas Moureaux, Anatole de Wergifosse, Simon Chopin, Chloé Piraux, Luc Medina, Joaquín de la Torre Araujo, Flavio Abreu Applied Physics Materials Science Three-dimensional interconnected nanowire networks have recently attracted notable attention for the fabrication of new devices for energy harvesting/storage, sensing, catalysis, magnetic and spintronic applications and for the design of new hardware neuromorphic computing architectures. However, the complex branching of these nanowire networks makes it challenging to investigate these 3D nanostructured systems theoretically. Here, we present a theoretical description and simulations of the geometric properties of these 3D interconnected nanowire networks with selected characteristics. Our analysis reveals that the nanowire segment length between two crossing zones follows an exponential distribution. This suggests that shorter nanowire segments have a more pronounced influence on the nanowire network properties compared to their longer counterparts. Moreover, our observations reveal a homogeneous distribution in the smallest distance between the cores of two crossing nanowires. The results are highly reproducible and unaffected by changes in the nanowire network characteristics. The density of crossing zones and interconnected nanowire segments are found to vary as the square of the nanowire density multiplied by their diameter, further multiplied by a factor dependent on the packing factor. Finally, densities of interconnected segments up to 10$^{13}$ cm$^{-2}$ can be achieved for 22-$μ$m-thick nanowire networks with high packing factors. This has important implications for neuromorphic computing applications, suggesting that the realization of 10$^{14}$ interconnections, which corresponds to the approximate number of synaptic connections in the human brain, is achievable with a nanowire network of about 10 cm$^{2}$. |
| title | Geometrical properties of 3D crossed nanowire networks |
| topic | Applied Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06158 |