A survey of molecular communication in cell biology: Establishing a new hierarchy for interdisciplinary applications

D Bi, A Almpanis, A Noel, Y Deng… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as
information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a …

Diffusive kinks turn kirigami into machines

S Janbaz, C Coulais - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Kinks define boundaries between distinct configurations of a material. In the context of
mechanical metamaterials, kinks have recently been shown to underpin logic, shape …

Sustainable and precision agriculture with the internet of everything (IoE)

AZ Babar, OB Akan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.06341, 2024 - arxiv.org
The accelerated pace of global population growth underscores the crucial role of the
agricultural sector in mitigating food scarcity, as well as in supporting livelihoods through …

A bioinspired, self-powered, flytrap-based sensor and actuator enabled by voltage triggered hydrogel electrodes

Z Hou, X Li, X Zhang, W Zhang, ZL Wang, H Zhang - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Because of its adaptive interfacial property, soft sensors/actuators can be used to perform
more delicate tasks than their rigid counterparts. However, plant epidermis with a waxy …

Low complexity receiver design for time-varying poisson molecular communication channels with memory

F Vakilipoor, F Ratti, H Awan, M Magarini - Digital Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper introduces novel approaches for the design of the linear filter and the detection
algorithms in unbounded advection diffusion-based molecular communication systems …

Impairment modelling of diffusive molecular communication system: The vision, potential and challenges

S Mishra, P Thakur, SP Singh, G Singh - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Unprecedented research, development and design have been foreseen in the field of
Molecular Nano Communication (MNC) system, which is going to serve almost each and …

Molecular communications with molecular circuit-based transmitters and receivers

H Awan, CT Chou - IEEE transactions on nanobioscience, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of a communication link can be improved by maximizing the mutual
information between the input and output signals. This paper considers this maximization …

Variations of electric potential in the xylem of tree trunks associated with water content rhythms

Z Hao, W Li, X Hao - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Instantaneous electrical responses in plants have been widely studied, but the mechanism
of spontaneous, periodic electric potential alternations in the xylem of tree trunks remains …

An Energy Harvester for Low‐Frequency Electrical Signals

X Wang, PR Wilson, RB Leite, G Chen… - Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Generating electricity from low‐frequency mechanical agitations produced by ocean waves,
plants, or human motion is emerging as a key, environmentally friendly technology in …

The Influence of Plasmodesmata Number and Opening State on Molecular Transports in Plants

B Ruzzante, A Piscopo, S Salo… - … , Biological and Multi …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Molecular Communication (MC) studies the transport of information encoded in signaling
molecules. To date, its application field is mainly restrained to health-related uses. However …