Title: Thermal memristor and neuromorphic networks for manipulating heat flow,
Abstract: A memristor is one of four fundamental two-terminal solid elements in
electronics. In addition with the resistor, the capacitor and the inductor,
this passive element relates the electric charges to current in solid state
elements. Here we report the existence of a thermal analog for this element
made with metal-insulator transition materials. We demonstrate that these
memristive systems can be used to create thermal neurons opening so the way to
neuromophic networks for smart thermal management and information treatment.