Event-triggered impulsive cluster synchronization of coupled reaction–diffusion neural networks and its application to image encryption

This paper investigates the cluster synchronization of coupled neural networks with reaction–diffusion terms. With the help of impulsive control strategies, some cluster synchronization criteria are proposed by an appropriate event-triggered mechanism. A numerical example is given to verify the validity of the theoretical results. Additionally, the proposed event-triggered impulsive synchronization is successfully applied to image encryption with encouraging cryptanalysis results demonstrating its strong ability to efficiently encrypt images.