Memristance and transmemristance in multiterminal memristive systems

Memristance and transmemristance in multiterminal memristive systems | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Memristance and transmemristance in multiterminal memristive systems Gianluca Milano, Davide Pilati, Fabio Michieletti, Alessandro Cultrera, and 2 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7357440/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 14 Jan, 2026 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted 9 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Memristive devices represent promising building blocks for the development of next-generation memory technologies, computing architectures, and neuromorphic systems. In addition to conventional two-terminal memristive circuits and crossbar array structures, multiterminal memristive systems—where emergent behaviors arise from the mutual interaction of numerous memristive elements—have been explored for neuromorphic data processing and computing applications. In these multiterminal systems, the internal state dynamics depend not only on time-varying input signals, as in two-terminal devices, but also on the spatial location of the stimulated terminals. In this work, we extend the concept of two-terminal memristive devices to multiterminal memristive systems. Beyond discussing the notion of memresistance in multiterminal devices—as the evolution of the system “seen” from the stimulating terminals—we demonstrate that the two-terminal memristive framework can be generalized to the concept of transmemristance when additional, non-stimulating electrodes are used to monitor the system’s evolution. These concepts are investigated both analytically and experimentally, using a theoretical memristive graph model and an experimental memristive system based on self-organizing nanowire networks. Physical sciences/Engineering Physical sciences/Materials science Physical sciences/Mathematics and computing Physical sciences/Nanoscience and technology Physical sciences/Physics Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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