Abstract
In this paper, we study the dynamics of the fractional-order chaotic system corresponding to the original Chua system with the same nonlinearity. We place bounds on the fractional order to guarantee a chaotic behavior. In addition, we propose a one-dimensional adaptive synchronization strategy, whereby we assume knowledge of one of the states and reconstruct the rest. The proposed synchronization scheme is put to the test in a secure communication scenario based on the antipodal chaos shift keying modulation scheme. Throughout the analysis and examples, numerical results are presented to affirm the validity of the findings.