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Effect of Channel Radius on the Molecular Communication Based on Fluorescent Nanoparticles

Version 1 : Received: 24 December 2021 / Approved: 27 December 2021 / Online: 27 December 2021 (15:45:11 CET)

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Calì, F.; Fichera, L.; Tuccitto, N. Effect of Channel Radius on Fluorescent Nanoparticle Based Molecular Communication. Chemosensors 2022, 10, 29. Calì, F.; Fichera, L.; Tuccitto, N. Effect of Channel Radius on Fluorescent Nanoparticle Based Molecular Communication. Chemosensors 2022, 10, 29.

Abstract

The effect of the communication channel size on the transport and subsequent detection of chemical messengers is investigated on millimetric and micrometric channels. The transport of the information carriers, being characterized by an advective and a diffusive contribution, was simulated by varying the flow velocity and the diffusion coefficient. Then, to evaluate the information quality, the Intersymbol Interference (ISI) between two consecutive signals at a specific release delay was estimated. This allowed us to verify that operating under micrometric channel conditions has a larger flow velocity range to obtain completely separated successive signals and smaller release delays can be used between signals. The theoretical results were confirmed by developing a prototype molecular communication platform operating under microfluidic conditions, which enables communication through fluorescent nanoparticles, namely Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs).

Keywords

molecular communication; microfluidics; intersymbol interference; carbon quantum dots; flow velocity; diffusion coefficient

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Physical Chemistry

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