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Tuesday, September 03, 2019

Do hydrogels learn in presence of irradiation and heating?

A research group in Aalto yliopisto led by professor Olli Ikkala has published an interesting article with title " Programmable responsive hydrogels inspired by classical conditioning algorithm". What is observed
that a system consisting of hydrogel and Gold nanoparticles can get conditioned when it is heated in the presence of irradiation at blue and red wavelengths. Conditioning means that the system melting under heating learns to melt in the presence of only irradiation. The experimenters assume that the Gold nanoparticles forming chains during heating serve as a memory element in the learning.

The TGD based quantum model for the conditioning of hydrogel system relies on TGD inspired general model of living systems extended recently to a model of quantum self-organization in which energy feed serving as metabolic energy feed induces generation of dark matter as heff=nh0 phases of ordinary matter at the magnetic body of the system. In number theoretic vision the presence of these phases correspond to higher algebraic complexity and higher "IQ".

The light signal would generate Pollack effect, which in TGD framework means transfer of protons from photo-acids to dark heff=nh0 protons at magnetic flux tubes parallel to nanoparticle chains. The "IQ" of the system or its magnetic body characterized by heff would increase and it would become able to self-organize. The energy from the heating would be stored to the nanoparticle chains taking the role of proteins as energy storage. Melting would be a self-organization process increasing complexity, and in absence of heating (and perhaps even in its presence) the gel phase would receive the energy needed from the nanoparticle chains. The conditioning in this sense would not be a passive mechanical response. The system would be macroscopic quantum system, and the energy feed would make possible for it to evolve to a higher level of complexity and conscious intelligence.

See the article Do hydrogels learn in presence of irradiation and heating? or the chapter Life-like properties observed in a very simple systems.

For a summary of earlier postings see Latest progress in TGD.

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