# The missing memristor found

@article{Strukov2008TheMM,
title={The missing memristor found},
author={Dmitri B. Strukov and Greg Snider and Duncan R. Stewart and R. Stanley Williams},
journal={Nature},
year={2008},
volume={453},
pages={80-83}
}
• Published 1 May 2008
• Physics
• Nature
Anyone who ever took an electronics laboratory class will be familiar with the fundamental passive circuit elements: the resistor, the capacitor and the inductor. However, in 1971 Leon Chua reasoned from symmetry arguments that there should be a fourth fundamental element, which he called a memristor (short for memory resistor). Although he showed that such an element has many interesting and valuable circuit properties, until now no one has presented either a useful physical model or an…
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