{"title":"Interfacial Shift Keying Allows a High Information Rate in Molecular Communication: Methods and Data","authors":"Federico Calì;Giovanni Li-Destri;Nunzio Tuccitto","doi":"10.1109/TMBMC.2023.3290076","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study reports a method for molecular communication in fluids and provides a detailed description of the testbed and numerous experimental data. The prototype involves information being carried by fluorescent carbon nanoparticles. The details of the synthesis and fluorescence properties are also described. Signal modulation was achieved by exploiting the instability effect of an interfacial phenomenon known as viscosity fingering, which occurs when two miscible liquids with different viscosities or strong density variations contact one another. This modulation is called interfacial shift keying. The data confirm the reproducibility of the method. A new approach based on the deliberate superposition of two consecutive close releases is described in detail, and data from several experimental replicas are provided.","PeriodicalId":36530,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10164672/","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study reports a method for molecular communication in fluids and provides a detailed description of the testbed and numerous experimental data. The prototype involves information being carried by fluorescent carbon nanoparticles. The details of the synthesis and fluorescence properties are also described. Signal modulation was achieved by exploiting the instability effect of an interfacial phenomenon known as viscosity fingering, which occurs when two miscible liquids with different viscosities or strong density variations contact one another. This modulation is called interfacial shift keying. The data confirm the reproducibility of the method. A new approach based on the deliberate superposition of two consecutive close releases is described in detail, and data from several experimental replicas are provided.
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.