About this Research Topic
Leon Chua first noted the missing relationship between charge and flux in 1971, remarking that a circuit element should be created, to provide this relationship. It was not until four decades later, that the realization of this new element took place in 2008. Following that breakthrough, memristors and other high-order elements such as memcapacitors and meminductors have been attracting a lot of research attention due to some interesting properties that they exhibit. Beyond these elements, it is estimated that there will be many more new elements discovered. The presence of these elements means that there are also new fundamental quantities available for characterization, such as integral of charge, integral of flux, the second integral/derivative of charge and the second integral/derivative of flux. For this reason, the investigation of new high-order elements is very important, in order to create new possibilities for circuit design.
A major challenge in this field is the slow progress in improving higher-order elements. Defining new fundamental expressions, such as the second integral of charge or flux, is also very important in finding and defining new elements.
The first goal of this Research Topic is to showcase defined new fundamental expressions, along with the suggestion of a new element connected to each expression. Both mathematical modeling and circuit design of these new elements are welcome, and will support in finding the electrical characteristics of the proposed fundamental circuit elements. Defining the relationship, designing emulator circuit, and potential applications of these elements will be expected from authors. The second goal of this Topic is to highlight the latest advances in emulations and applications (especially neuromorphic applications) of memristors, memcapacitors and meminductors.
We welcome the submission of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Memristors and their applications
• Memcapacitors and their applications
• Meminductors and their applications
• High-order elements and their applications.
A major challenge in this field is the slow progress in improving higher-order elements. Defining new fundamental expressions, such as the second integral of charge or flux, is also very important in finding and defining new elements.
The first goal of this Research Topic is to showcase defined new fundamental expressions, along with the suggestion of a new element connected to each expression. Both mathematical modeling and circuit design of these new elements are welcome, and will support in finding the electrical characteristics of the proposed fundamental circuit elements. Defining the relationship, designing emulator circuit, and potential applications of these elements will be expected from authors. The second goal of this Topic is to highlight the latest advances in emulations and applications (especially neuromorphic applications) of memristors, memcapacitors and meminductors.
We welcome the submission of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Memristors and their applications
• Memcapacitors and their applications
• Meminductors and their applications
• High-order elements and their applications.
Keywords: High-order elements, Memristors, Memcapacitors, Meminductors, applications, memelements
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