ERC Advanced Grant · 2020
Pathways, Memory and Information Processing in Matter
Imagine squeezing a crumpled plastic sheet – what is its response? For complex materials – crumpled sheets, granular media, glassy materials – tiny forces already cause a nonlinear response, associated with hopping in the energy landscape, for which we lack a coherent description. The central tenet of this proposal is that this hopping allows complex materials to process information. I propose to understand and unlock the full potential of such complex materials. Central questions are: - How can we describe their nonlinear response? - What are the computational capabilities of complex matter? - Can we create materials for targeted computations? To answer these questions, I will subject…
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