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Molecular Communications (MC) uses molecules as information carriers between nanomachines. MC channel in practice can be crowded with different types of molecules, i.e., ligands, which can have similar binding properties causing severe…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

In this paper, we present an analytical model for a diffusive molecular communication (MC) system with a reversible adsorption receiver in a fluid environment. The time-varying spatial distribution of the information molecules under the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-08 Yansha Deng , Adam Noel , Maged Elkashlan , Arumugam Nallanathan , Karen C. Cheung

This paper develops a molecular integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework that exploits the same molecular observations for physical-parameter sensing and data detection. As a representative instantiation, we consider a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Ruifeng Zheng , Pengjie Zhou , Martín Schottlender , Veronika Volkova , Juan A. Cabrera , Frank H. P. Fitzek , Pit Hofmann

This paper introduces a novel optically controllable molecular communication (MC) transmitter (TX) design based on vesicular nanodevices (NDs). The NDs are functionalized for the controlled release of signaling molecules (SMs) via…

Micro-scale implantable medical devices (IMDs) extend the immense benefits of sensors used in health management. However, their development is limited by many requirements and challenges, such as the use of safe materials, size…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Michael Okwori , Ali Behfarnia , Phanikumar Vuka , Ali Eslami

Molecular communication (MC) can enable the transfer of information between nanomachines using molecules as the information carrier. In MC systems, multiple receiver nanomachines often co-exist in the same communication channel to serve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta , Neeraj Varshney , Anshuman Jindal

The notion of synthetic molecular communication (MC) refers to the transmission of information via signaling molecules and is foreseen to enable innovative medical applications in the human cardiovascular system (CVS). Crucially, the design…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-03 Timo Jakumeit , Lukas Brand , Jens Kirchner , Robert Schober , Sebastian Lotter

In this paper, we present an analytical model for the diffusive molecular communication (MC) system with a reversible adsorption receiver in a fluid environment. The widely used concentration shift keying (CSK) is considered for modulation.…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-06-23 Yansha Deng , Adam Noel , Maged Elkashlan , Arumugam Nallanathan , Karen C. Cheung

Molecular communication (MC) is a promising paradigm for applications where traditional electromagnetic communications are impractical. However, decoding chemical signals, especially in multi-transmitter systems, remains a key challenge due…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-05 Vivien Walter , Dadi Bi , Daniel L. Ruiz Blanco , Yansha Deng

Advances in synthetic biology and nanotechnology have contributed to the design of tools that can be used to control, reuse, modify, and re-engineer cells' structure, as well as enabling engineers to effectively use biological cells as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Sidra Zafar , Mohsin Nazir , Taimur Bakhshi , Hasan Ali Khattak , Sarmadullah Khan , Muhammad Bilal , Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo , Kyung-Sup Kwak7 , Aneeqa Sabah

This work presents a novel flow-based molecular communication (MC) testbed using spectral sensing and ink intensity estimation to enable real-time multi-molecule (MUMO) transmission. MUMO communication opens up crucial opportunities for…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Alexander Wietfeld , Sebastian Schmidt , Wolfgang Kellerer

This thesis develops a theoretical framework to evaluate the monitoring capability of IoBNT networks. We consider a scenario in which nanosensors passively flow in the bloodstream and detect biomarkers associated with potential diseases,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Jorge Torres Gómez

Molecular Communications (MC) is a bio-inspired communication paradigm which uses molecules as information carriers, thereby requiring unconventional transmitter/receiver architectures and modulation/detection techniques. Practical MC…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-04 Meltem Civas , Ali Abdali , Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

In this paper, we propose a novel concept for engineered molecular communication (MC) systems inspired by animal olfaction. We focus on a multi-user scenario where several transmitters wish to communicate with a central receiver. We assume…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Vahid Jamali , Helene M. Loos , Andrea Buettner , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

Molecular Communication (MC) is an important nanoscale communication paradigm, which is employed for the interconnection of the nanomachines (NMs) to form nanonetworks. A transmitter NM (TN) sends the information symbols by emitting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-27 Baris Atakan , Fatih Gulec

Molecular Communications (MC) is a bio-inspired communication paradigm that uses molecules as information carriers, requiring unconventional transceivers and modulation/detection techniques. Practical MC receivers (MC-Rxs) can be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-19 Meltem Civas , Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

In this paper, we present a communication protocol between a pair of biological nanomachines, transmitter and receiver, built upon molecular communications in an aqueous environment. In our proposal, the receiver, acting as a control node,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Luca Felicetti , Mauro Femminella , Gianluca Reali , Tadashi Nakano , Athanasios V. Vasilakos

Graphene field effect transistors (G-FETs) have appeared as suitable candidates for sensing charges and have thus attracted large interest for ion and chemical detections. In particular, their high sensitivity, chemical robustness,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-08 Océane Terral , Guillaume Audic , Arnaud Claudel , Justine Magnat , Aurélie Dupont , Christophe J. Moreau , Cécile Delacour

Mechanosensitive ion transport plays a central role in enabling living systems to perceive and adapt to their environment through the deformation of soft, embedded ion channels. In this work, we demonstrate that ion transport within a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-04 Mathieu Lizée , Zhijia Zhang , Baptiste Coquinot , Qian Yang , Lydéric Bocquet

The possibility to guide and control magnetic nanoparticles in a non-invasive manner has spawned various applications in biotechnology such as targeted drug delivery and sensing of biological substances. These applications are facilitated…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Wayan Wicke , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Vahid Jamali , Harald Unterweger , Christoph Alexiou , Robert Schober