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A Nanotechnological Paradigm

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The importance of communication technology in day-to-day life and the impact of state-of-the-art miniaturization at the nanoscale on all-round progress are well recognized. Molecular communication, which is ubiquitous in natural biological systems, is a hybrid of these. We have described the basic concepts involved, the architectural aspects, and the applications of this emerging area of immense interest. The applications, both realized in practice as well as envisioned, cover biomedical (mainly healthcare), environmental, industrial and information technology realms.

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This work of Priyanka Batra was supported by Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India, via the North East Centre for Biology and Healthcare (NECBH), IIT Guwahati vide grant number BT/COE/34/SP28408/2018 dated. 26.03.2018.

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  1. Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

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  2. North East Centre for Biological Sciences and Healthcare, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India

    Priyanka Batra

  3. Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India

    Ribhu Chopra

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The article is dedicated with reverence to Prof (Mrs) R Puri, Prof S P Puri, Maan Ji and our respective parents.

Vishwamittar retired as a Professor of physics from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Enjoys reading books and writing pedagogical articles.

Priyanka Batra is senior project scientist at NECBH, IIT, Guwahati. She pursues research on endophytic bacteria in leguminous plants.

Ribhu Chopra is working as an assistant professor in the EEE Department, IIT Guwahati. Interested in statistical and adaptive signal processing, signal processing for wireless communication, and massive MIMO communications.

The authors express their immense gratitude to the learned referee for the detailed comments which have made the overall presentation of the article more reader friendly.

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Vishwamittar, Batra, P. & Chopra, R. Molecular Communication. Reson 28, 33–53 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-023-1525-4

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