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Title: Nanonetworks in Biomedical Applications
By interconnecting nanomachines and forming nanonetworks, the capacities of singlenanomachines are expected to be enhanced, as the ensuing information exchange will allow themto cooperate towards a common goal. Nowadays, systems normally use electromagnetic signals toencode, send and receive information, however, in a novel communication paradigm, moleculartransceivers, channel models or protocols use molecules. This article presents the current developmentsin nanomachines along with their future architecture to better understand nanonetworkscenarios in biomedical applications. Furthermore, to highlight the communication needs betweennanomachines, two applications for nanonetworks are also presented: i) a new networking paradigm,called the Internet of NanoThings, that allows nanoscale devices to interconnect with existingcommunication networks, and ii) Molecular Communication, where the propagation of chemicalcompounds like drug particles, carry out the information exchange.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1706050 1718177 1816969
NSF-PAR ID:
10101417
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Current Drug Targets
Volume:
20
Issue:
8
ISSN:
1389-4501
Page Range / eLocation ID:
800 to 807
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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