English
Related papers

Related papers: Spheroidal Molecular Communication via Diffusion: …

200 papers

A simple feedback control algorithm is presented for distributed beamforming in a wireless network. A network of wireless sensors that seek to cooperatively transmit a common message signal to a Base Station (BS) is considered. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-16 R. Mudumbai , J. Hespanha , U. Madhow , G. Barriac

Recently, hybrid models have emerged that combine microscopic and mesoscopic regimes in a single stochastic reaction-diffusion simulation. Microscopic simulations track every individual molecule and are generally more accurate. Mesoscopic…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2015-11-20 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober

Achieving precise synchronisation between transmitters and receivers is particularly challenging in diffusive molecular communication environments. To this end, point-to-point molecular communication system design is examined wherein…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-09 Tze-Yang Tung , Urbashi Mitra

Molecular communication (MC) enables information transfer using particles inspired by biological systems. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the most abundant and diverse classes of signaling molecules used by living or non-living…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Bitop Maitra , Ozgur B. Akan

We consider representation learning of 3D molecular graphs in which each atom is associated with a spatial position in 3D. This is an under-explored area of research, and a principled message passing framework is currently lacking. In this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Yi Liu , Limei Wang , Meng Liu , Xuan Zhang , Bora Oztekin , Shuiwang Ji

Molecular communication (MC), a biologically inspired technology, enables applications in nanonetworks and the Internet of Everything (IoE), with great potential for intra-body systems such as drug delivery, health monitoring, and disease…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-30 Dilara Aktas , Ozgur B. Akan

In the nanonetworking literature, many solutions have been suggested to enable the nanomachine-to-nanomachine communication. Among these solutions, we focus on what constitutes the basis for molecular communication paradigms --molecular…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Akif Cem Heren , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Chan-Byoung Chae , Tuna Tugcu

The multicellular organization of diverse systems, such as embryos, intestines and tumours, relies on the coordinated migration of cells in 3D curved environments. In these settings, cells establish supracellular patterns of motion,…

Biological Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 Tom Brandstätter , David B. Brückner , Yu Long Han , Ricard Alert , Ming Guo , Chase P. Broedersz

In diffusion-based molecular communications, messages can be conveyed via the variation in the concentration of molecules in the medium. In this paper, we intend to analyze the achievable capacity in transmission of information from one…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-11 Arash Einolghozati , Mohsen Sardari , Ahmad Beirami , Faramarz Fekri

Percolation on complex networks is used both as a model for dynamics on networks, such as network robustness or epidemic spreading, and as a benchmark for our models of networks, where our ability to predict percolation measures our ability…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-08-21 Laurent Hébert-Dufresne , Antoine Allard

Molecular communication (MC), one of the emerging techniques in the field of communication, is entering a new phase following several decades of foundational research. Recently, attention has shifted toward MC in liquid media, particularly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Yun-Feng Lo , Changmin Lee , Chan-Byoung Chae

In biological cells and novel diagnostic devices biochemical receptors need to be sensitive to extremely small concentration changes of signaling molecules. The accuracy of such molecular signaling is ultimately limited by the counting…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2023-04-06 Aljaz Godec , Ralf Metzler

It is shown that the optical properties of an irregular porous grain with effective radius $a_{\rm eff}\lesssim 3\lambda$ (where $\lambda$ is the wavelength) can be well approximated by a ``spheroidal analog'': a spheroid with appropriate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-15 B. T. Draine

Understanding how colloids move in crowded environments is key for gaining control over their transport in applications such as drug delivery, filtration, contaminant/microplastic remediation and agriculture. The classical models of colloid…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-15 Mobin Alipour , Yiran Li , Haoyu Liu , Amir A. Pahlavan

Collective cell responses to exogenous cues depend on cell-cell interactions. In principle, these can result in enhanced sensitivity to weak and noisy stimuli. However, this has not yet been shown experimentally, and, little is known about…

Information delivery using chemical molecules is an integral part of biology at multiple distance scales and has attracted recent interest in bioengineering and communication theory. Potential applications include cooperative networks with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Yansha Deng , Adam Noel , Weisi Guo , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan

A novel a priori Monte Carlo (APMC) algorithm is proposed to accurately simulate the molecules absorbed at spherical receiver(s) with low computational complexity in diffusion-based molecular communication (MC) systems. It is demonstrated…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-12-18 Yiran Wang , Adam Noel , Nan Yang

Biological systems are known to communicate by diffusing chemical signals in the surrounding medium. However, most of the recent literature has neglected the electron transfer mechanism occurring amongst living cells, and its role in…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2015-02-23 Nicolo Michelusi , Sahand Pirbadian , Mohamed Y. El-Naggar , Urbashi Mitra

Molecular communication (MC) enables cooperation of spatially dispersed molecular robots through the feedback control mediated by diffusing signal molecules. However, conventional analysis frameworks for the MC channels mostly consider the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Taishi Kotsuka , Yutaka Hori

Tumour spheroids have the potential to be used as preclinical chemosensitivity assays. However, the production of three dimensional (3D) tumour spheroids remains challenging as not all tumour cell lines form spheroids with regular…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2021-03-01 Marta Cavo , Donatella Delle Cave , Eliana D'Amone , Giuseppe Gigli , Enza Lonardo , Loretta L. del Mercato