CNIC: US-Spain Cooperation on Building Hybrid Nano-Communication Networks: RF Meets Molecules

通过这次催化计划访问，俄亥俄州立大学(OSU)的Eylem Ekici教授将启动与西班牙合作伙伴的合作研究，以检查纳米级通信系统。西班牙同行由加泰罗尼亚理工大学的阿尔伯特·卡贝洛斯教授领导，在纳米级网络中的分子通信方面拥有专业知识，总部设在加泰罗尼亚的纳米网络中心(N3Cat)。他们在碳纳米管天线方面的优势与俄亥俄州立大学的研究团队相辅相成。共同的目标是完善和制定合作研究项目的计划，以建立混合纳米通信网络，将在电磁波信息传输(基于射频)和分子扩散信息传输中观察到的理想特性结合在一起。如果成功，他们的努力可能会导致纳米级通信组件和网络的创新设计方法，这些组件和网络能够共同行动来处理复杂的任务。通过集成纳米/分子子系统开发新的通信范例的贡献是计划中的长期合作预期的更广泛影响之一。结果可能导致改进的纳米系统未来在环境和生物医学情况下的应用，在这些情况下，纳米设备提供生物现象和电子设备之间的接口。此外，由于研究生将成为美国和西班牙合作的一部分，他们有望受益于受该团队最新发现启发的跨学科课程工作，以及他们早期职业生涯中对新兴通信工程领域的国际研究的介绍。

Through this catalytic planning visit, Prof. Eylem Ekici of Ohio State University (OSU) will initiate cooperative research with partners in Spain to examine nano-scale communication systems. Spanish counterparts, led by Prof. Albert Cabellos with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, have expertise in molecular communication in nanoscale networks and are based at the Nanonetworking Center (N3Cat) in Catalonia. Their strengths complement those of the OSU research team in carbon nanotube antennas. Together, the goal is to refine and develop plans for a cooperative research project to build hybrid nano-communication networks that combine desirable characteristics observed in electromagnetic wave information transmission (RF-based) and in molecular diffusion information transmission. If successful, their efforts may lead to innovative design approaches to nano-scale communication components and networks that are capable of acting together to handle complex tasks.Contributions to development of new communication paradigms with integrated nano/molecular subsystems are among the broader impacts anticipated from the planned long-term collaboration. Results may lead to improved nanosystems with future applications in environmental and biomedical situations where nanodevices provide an interface between biological phenomena and electronic devices. Furthermore, because graduate students will be part of this US-Spanish collaboration, they are expected to benefit from interdisciplinary course work inspired by the team's latest findings and from their early career introduction to international research in the emerging field of communications engineering.