Molecular Communication: Modeling and Simulations

This proposal is intended to address research challenges in Molecular Communication [4], a new and interdisciplinary research area that spans the nanotechnology, bioengineering, and communication technology. Molecular communication allows nanomachines (e.g., nano-scale devices) to communicate using molecules as a communication carrier. One of the applications of molecular communication is to nano-medicine [2], where nanomachines use molecular communication to interact with cells and tissues at a molecular scale, or nanomachines do so to interact with other nanomachines. In drug delivery systems, (now highly recognized as a multidisciplinary research area [3]), molecular communication provides mechanisms to deliver drugs in a manner that is friendly to the biological systems. For instance, soft sender nanomachines may be embedded in a human body and emit drug to the targeted receiver cells.