arXiv · 1608.08147
Itinerant conductance in fuse-antifuse networks
Abstract
We report on a novel dynamic phase in electrical networks, in which current channels perpetually change in time. This occurs when the individual elements of the network are fuse-antifuse devices, namely, become insulators within a certain finite interval of local applied voltages. As a consequence, the macroscopic current exhibits temporal fluctuations which increase with system size. We determine the conditions under which this exotic situation appears by establishing a phase diagram as a function of the applied field and the size of the insulating window. Besides its obvious application as a versatile electronic device, due to its rich variety of behaviors, this network model provides a possible description for particle-laden flow through porous media leading to dynamical clogging and reopening of the local channels in the pore space.
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Cesar I. N. Sampaio Filho, Andre A. Moreira, Nuno A. N. Araujo, Jose S. Andrade, Hans J. Herrmann. 2016-08-29. Itinerant conductance in fuse-antifuse networks. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.275702
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