The non-linear electrical properties of human skin make it a generic memristor

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 15806 - 9
• Main Authors: Pabst, Oliver, Martinsen, Ørjan G., Chua, Leon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.10.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/57; 639/166/985; 639/166/987; 639/766/930/12; Electrical properties; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hysteresis; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Skin; Stratum corneum; Sweat; Tissues; Voltage; Generic Memristor; Biomedical Sensor Applications; Stimulus Voltage; Sweat Ducts; Pinched Hysteresis Loop

An electrical measurement is non-linear when the applied stimulus itself affects the electrical properties of the underlying tissue. Corresponding voltage-current plots may exhibit pinched hysteresis loops which is the fingerprint of a memristor (memory resistor). Even though non-linear electrical p...