This work is an important contribution to the development of neuromorphic engineering based on solutions of nonlinear chemical systems. It reports the results of experiments and simulations regarding the optical communication between the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction and photochromic and luminescent materials. It demonstrates that thermally reversible photochromic and luminescent compounds are dynamic models of phasic photo-excitable neurons. Moreover, it shows that photo-reversible photochromic compounds can be used for the implementation of optical synapsis and memory effects. Finally, it reports the first example of transmission of a chaotic signal between a Hydrodynamic Photochemical Oscillator based on a photochromic naphthopyran and a luminescent acridinium salt.

这项工作对基于非线性化学系统解决方案的神经形态工程的发展做出了重要贡献。它报告了有关Belousov-Zhabotinsky反应与光致变色和发光材料之间的光通信的实验和模拟结果。它证明了热可逆的光致变色和发光化合物是相光激发神经元的动力学模型。此外，它表明光可逆的光致变色化合物可用于实现光学突触和记忆效应。最后，它报告了在基于光致变色萘并吡喃的水力光化学振荡器与发光a啶盐之间传输混沌信号的第一个示例。