Membranes and Memory: From Fundamentals and Mechanisms to Neuromorphic Devices
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Membranes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Interests: learning and memory in biomembranes (long-term potentiation, synaptic plasticity, neuromorphic membranes); adaptive and neuromorphic materials (memcapacitors, memristors); electromechanical modulation of emergent phenomena and complexity in membranes; memory storage and energy conversion mechanisms in neuronal membranes; biomembrane structure and dynamics (lipid bilayers, vesicles, liposomes, lipid-protein interactions, relaxation dynamics); patch-clamp and electrophysiological interrogation of membrane function; neutron and X-ray scattering of collective and single-particle dynamics; lattice dynamics and phonon excitations in membranes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Membranes and Memory: From Fundamentals and Mechanisms to Neuromorphic Devices,” explores the emerging understanding of biological and synthetic membranes as dynamic, adaptive, and memory-bearing systems. Membranes are no longer viewed as passive barriers; instead, they are recognized as active, responsive interfaces where electrical, mechanical, and chemical processes intertwine to generate emergent phenomena central to life and cognition.
We invite contributions that investigate how external stimuli, such as electric, magnetic, optical, or ionic perturbations, modulate the structural and dynamical properties of membranes, vesicles, and lipid, polymer, and synthetic assemblies. This Special Issue also welcomes studies connecting fundamental biophysical insights with technological applications, including bilayer-based memcapacitors and memristors, neuromorphic materials, and bio-inspired computing architectures.
By bringing together researchers from physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and neuroscience, this issue aims to bridge the gap between molecular mechanisms and system-level behavior, highlighting the membrane as both a physical interface and a computational substrate for learning and adaptation.
Dr. Dima Bolmatov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- effect of electric fields on liposomes and lipid vesicles
- emergent phenomena induced by electric fields in lipid, polymer, and synthetic membranes
- structure and dynamics of membranes under external stimuli (light, electric and magnetic fields, ionic solutions)
- monolayer- and bilayer-based programmable interfaces, memcapacitors, and memristors
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