Research foundation

Research foundation

NeuroCompute.cloud is grounded in long-term research on organic memristors, synapse-like devices, STDP learning, reservoir computing and neurorehabilitation-related neural modeling.

Research categories

Organic memristive devices

Organic memristive devices

Synaptic plasticity and STDP

Synaptic plasticity and STDP

Reservoir computing

Reservoir computing

Associative learning

Associative learning

Spinal cord / CPG modeling

Spinal cord / CPG modeling

Bio-signal and rehabilitation dynamics

Bio-signal and rehabilitation dynamics

Energy efficiency in neuromorphic systems

Energy efficiency in neuromorphic systems

Printed and flexible organic devices

Printed and flexible organic devices

Selected research articles

Printed and flexible organic devicesBiomimetics, 2026

Printed Organic Memristive Device on Rigid and Flexible Supports for Neuromorphic Applications

Victor Erokhin and co-authors

A recent article on printed organic memristive devices on rigid and flexible supports for neuromorphic applications.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It supports NeuroCompute.cloud’s direction toward remotely accessible organic memristive hardware, including flexible and wearable-relevant device platforms.

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Energy efficiency in neuromorphic systemsIEEE Access, 2026

Critical Analysis of Energy Consumption in Neuro-Computational Systems

Ivan Kipelkin, Ilija Kamenko, Jovan Ivošević, Alina Fedorova, Grigory Zharkov, Jovana Maricic, Stojanka Bratic, Nebojša Pilipović, Natasa Samardzic, Staniša Dautović, Milovan Medojević, Branimir Bajac, Jordi Vallverdú, Dragiša Žunić, Francesco Restuccia, Vincenzo Alessio, Francesco Longo, Giovanni Merlino, Dario Bruneo, Salvatore Distefano, Alexander Toschev, Alexey Mikhaylov, Victor Erokhin, Max Talanov

A unified benchmark of energy consumption per synaptic event across GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, digital spiking processors, memristive devices, and biological reference ranges.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It frames why specialized low-energy computing substrates matter for selected workloads rather than as universal GPU replacements.

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Organic memristive devicesMaterials Today Chemistry, 2026

Printing Polyaniline Based Organic Memristive Devices for Neuromorphic Computing Applications

Silvia Battistoni, Anna N. Matsukatova, Rocco Carcione, Luciano Ferrucci, Matteo Parmeggiani, Matteo Cocuzza, Simone Luigi Marasso, Andrey V. Emelyanov, Vyacheslav A. Demin, Victor Erokhin

A study of printable polyaniline-based organic memristive devices and their potential as scalable, adaptable hardware elements for neuromorphic computing applications.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It supports the transition from device research to scalable experimental hardware modules.

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Reservoir computingAdvanced Intelligent Systems, 2023

Combination of Organic-Based Reservoir Computing and Spiking Neuromorphic Systems for a Robust and Efficient Pattern Classification

Anna N. Matsukatova, Nikita V. Prudnikov, Vsevolod A. Kulagin, Silvia Battistoni, Anton A. Minnekhanov, Andrey D. Trofimov, Aleksandr A. Nesmelov, Sergey A. Zavyalov, Yulia N. Malakhova, Matteo Parmeggiani, Alberto Ballesio, Simone Luigi Marasso, Sergey N. Chvalun, Vyacheslav A. Demin, Andrey V. Emelyanov, Victor Erokhin

A fully organic system combining volatile polyaniline reservoir computing with a nonvolatile parylene-memristor spiking readout layer for robust spatiotemporal pattern classification.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It points toward cloud modules for temporal biosignals, sensor data and low-complexity classification.

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Spinal cord / CPG modelingFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023

Memristive Circuit-Based Model of Central Pattern Generator to Reproduce Spinal Neuronal Activity in Walking Pattern

Dinar N. Masaev, Alina A. Suleimanova, Nikita V. Prudnikov, Mariia V. Serenko, Andrey V. Emelyanov, Vyacheslav A. Demin, Igor A. Lavrov, Max O. Talanov, Victor V. Erokhin

A self-learning memristive circuit model that uses biologically plausible spike-timing-dependent plasticity to reproduce spinal neuronal activity associated with walking patterns.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It is directly connected to the initial Spinal Cord Twin / CPG cloud module.

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Organic memristive devicesBioNanoScience, 2020

Memristive Devices for Neuromorphic Applications: Comparative Analysis

Victor Erokhin

A comparative review of organic and inorganic memristive devices for neuromorphic applications, including memory-processing integration, sensors, oscillators, bio-mimicking circuits, and living-system coupling.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It explains the device-level foundation behind specialized memristive compute layers.

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Associative learningJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2020

Associative STDP-Like Learning of Neuromorphic Circuits Based on Polyaniline Memristive Microdevices

Nikita V. Prudnikov, Dmitry A. Lapkin, Andrey V. Emelyanov, Anton A. Minnekhanov, Yulia N. Malakhova, Sergey N. Chvalun, Vyacheslav A. Demin, Victor V. Erokhin

An experimental demonstration of improved STDP timescales and unsupervised associative learning in a simple spiking neural network built with polyaniline memristive microdevices.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It supports future associative learning and STDP demonstration modules.

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Synaptic plasticity and STDPBioNanoScience, 2011

Material Memristive Device Circuits with Synaptic Plasticity: Learning and Memory

Victor Erokhin, Tatiana Berzina, Paolo Camorani, Anteo Smerieri, Dimitris Vavoulis, Jianfeng Feng, Marco P. Fontana

An experimental demonstration of organic memristive device circuits showing adaptive behavior inspired by synaptic plasticity and learning in a biological neural reference system.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It is part of the scientific basis for hardware learning modules.

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Selected patents

Organic electronicsPublished November 24, 2003

Entirely Organic Diode

Inventors: Victor Erokhin, Gianluca Raviele, Joachim Glatz-Reichenbach, Claudio Nicolini

Assignee: Polo Naz Di Bioelettronica

A patent family entry for an all-organic diode, extending the early device toolbox around organic electronic components.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: Organic-device primitives are part of the materials and circuit lineage behind organic memristive systems and low-energy adaptive hardware.

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Nanoscale thin filmsPublished August 23, 1995

Thin Films and Structures Containing the Same

Inventors: Victor Erokhin, Paolo Facci, Claudio Nicolini

Assignee: Technobiochip

A Langmuir-Blodgett thin-film invention involving nanoscale particles for films capable of mono-electronic effects.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: It shows an early research path into nanoscale functional films, a foundation area for later organic, bioelectronic and memristive device work.

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Nanoscale thin filmsPublished July 18, 1996

Thin Film Devices

Inventors: Victor Erokhin, Paulo Facci, Claudio Nicolini

Assignee: Technobiochip

A thin-film device patent using nanometer-scale cadmium sulfide particles in Langmuir-Blodgett bilayers to enable room-temperature measurement of mono-electronic phenomena.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: This connects device fabrication, nanoscale materials and measurement methods, which are all relevant to turning experimental physical substrates into accessible compute infrastructure.

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Sensor systemsPublished June 19, 2004

Device for Monitoring of Physical and / or Chemical Parameters Through a Plurality of Sensor Groups

Inventors: Roman Berzine, Giovanni Catellani, Victor Erokhin, Lucio Mercadanti

Assignee: Politec Engineering S R L

A monitoring-device patent organized around multiple sensor groups for physical and chemical parameter tracking.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: Sensor-facing hardware matters for NeuroCompute.cloud because many target workloads involve temporal signals, biosignals and adaptive sensor-processing experiments.

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Bioelectronic filmsPublished April 18, 1995

Protein Thin Films and Compositions for Use in Their Preparation

Inventors: Francesco Antolini, Victor Erokhin, Paolo Facci, Claudio Nicolini, Sergei Vakula

Assignee: Technobiochip

A protein thin-film patent covering preparation methods for homogeneous, ordered, thermally stabilized and substrate-compatible protein films.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: The work highlights the bioelectronic materials background behind coupling soft, organic and biological systems with engineered device platforms.

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Printed functional materialsPublished April 15, 2002

Series of Pens for Drawing Lines with Electrical and Electro-Optical Properties

Inventors: Sandro Carrara, Victor Erokhin

Assignee: Sandro Carrara, Victor Erokhin

A patent entry for drawing lines with desired electrical and electro-optical properties, pointing toward direct-write functional materials.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: Direct-write and printed functional structures are relevant to scalable organic electronics and future flexible or educational neuromorphic hardware formats.

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Organic electronicsPublished May 23, 2002

Fully Organic Electrolytic Capacitor

Inventors: Victor Erokhin, Gianluca Raviele, Joachim Glatz-Reichenbach, Claudio Nicolini

Assignee: Polo Naz Di Bioelettronica

A patent family entry for a fully organic electrolytic capacitor, expanding the set of organic circuit elements.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: Organic capacitive and ionic/electrolytic behavior is adjacent to the device physics used in adaptive organic electronics and memristive circuits.

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Nanostructure assemblyPublished July 25, 2004

Procedure for the Standard Arrangement of Nanocaps

Inventors: Tatiana Berzina, Victor Erokhin, Svetlana Erokhina, Lorenzo Musa

Assignee: Lorenzo Musa

A patent entry for arranging nanoscale caps in a standardized way, addressing controlled organization at small scales.

Why this matters for NeuroCompute.cloud: Reliable nanoscale arrangement is one of the practical bridges between laboratory materials research and repeatable device fabrication.

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