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ArticlePloS one2013

Tabletop molecular communication: text messages through chemical signals.

Nariman Farsad, Weisi Guo, Andrew W Eckford

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Duality Between Coronavirus Transmission and Air-Based Macroscopic Molecular Communication.IEEE transactions on molecular, biological, and multi-scale communications · 2021
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  6. Molecular Communications in Viral Infections Research: Modeling, Experimental Data, and Future Directions.IEEE transactions on molecular, biological, and multi-scale communications · 2021
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  10. Molecular Communication over Gas Stream Channels using Portable Mass Spectrometry.Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2017
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  11. Functionalizing Soft Matter for Molecular Communication.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nariman FarsadDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Weisi GuoSchool of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Andrew W EckfordDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we describe the first modular, and programmable platform capable of transmitting a text message using chemical signalling - a method also known as molecular communication. This form of communication is attractive for applications where conventional wireless systems perform poorly, from nanotechnology to urban health monitoring. Using examples, we demonstrate the use of our platform as a testbed for molecular communication, and illustrate the features of these communication systems using experiments. By providing a simple and inexpensive means of performing experiments, our system fills an important gap in the molecular communication literature, where much current work is done in simulation with simplified system models. A key finding in this paper is that these systems are often nonlinear in practice, whereas current simulations and analysis often assume that the system is linear. However, as we show in this work, despite the nonlinearity, reliable communication is still possible. Furthermore, this work motivates future studies on more realistic modelling, analysis, and design of theoretical models and algorithms for these systems.

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CommunicationText MessagingAlgorithmsModels, TheoreticalNanotechnology

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PMID24367571
PMCPMC3867433

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