An introduction to the memristor - A valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Johnsen, Gorm K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Bioimpedance; Electrical memory; Memristor; New circuit element

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028531361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18915469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5617/jeb.305     Document Type: Article

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