Nanoantennas and Nanoradars: The Future of Integrated Sensing and Communication at the Nanoscale

IF 2.4 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications Pub Date : 2024-07-29 DOI:10.1109/TMBMC.2024.3434545

M. Javad Fakhimi;Ozgur B. Akan

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Nanoantennas, operating at optical frequencies, are a transformative technology with broad applications in 6G wireless communication, IoT, smart cities, healthcare, and medical imaging. This paper explores their fundamental aspects, applications, and advancements, aiming for a comprehensive understanding of their potential in various applications. It begins by investigating macroscopic and microscopic Maxwell’s equations governing electromagnetic wave propagation at different scales. The study emphasizes the critical role of surface plasmon polariton wave propagation in enhancing light-matter interactions, contributing to high data rates, and enabling miniaturization. Additionally, it explores using two-dimensional materials like graphene for enhanced control in terahertz communication and sensing. The paper also introduces the employment of nanoantennas as the main building blocks of Nano-scale Radar (NR) systems for the first time in the literature. NRs, integrated with communication signals, promise accurate radar sensing for nanoparticles inside a nano-channel, making them a potential future application in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. These nano-scale radar systems detect and extract physical or electrical properties of nanoparticles through transmitting, receiving, and processing electromagnetic waves at ultra-high frequencies in the optical range. This task requires nanoantennas as transmitters/receivers/transceivers, sharing the same frequency band and hardware for high-performance sensing and resolution.

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IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications Mathematics-Modeling and Simulation

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3.90

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期刊介绍： As a result of recent advances in MEMS/NEMS and systems biology, as well as the emergence of synthetic bacteria and lab/process-on-a-chip techniques, it is now possible to design chemical “circuits”, custom organisms, micro/nanoscale swarms of devices, and a host of other new systems. This success opens up a new frontier for interdisciplinary communications techniques using chemistry, biology, and other principles that have not been considered in the communications literature. The IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications (T-MBMSC) is devoted to the principles, design, and analysis of communication systems that use physics beyond classical electromagnetism. This includes molecular, quantum, and other physical, chemical and biological techniques; as well as new communication techniques at small scales or across multiple scales (e.g., nano to micro to macro; note that strictly nanoscale systems, 1-100 nm, are outside the scope of this journal). Original research articles on one or more of the following topics are within scope: mathematical modeling, information/communication and network theoretic analysis, standardization and industrial applications, and analytical or experimental studies on communication processes or networks in biology. Contributions on related topics may also be considered for publication. Contributions from researchers outside the IEEE’s typical audience are encouraged.