Ntt Docomo, Inc.

The University of Tokyo

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Tatsuya Suda

Satoshi Hiyama

Yuki Moritani

Yoshihiro Sasaki

Junichi Kikuchi

Yasushi Isogawa

Kazuo Sutoh

A disclosed molecular communication system includes a molecular transmitter configured to transmit an information molecule in which prescribed information is encoded, a molecular receiver configured to receive the information molecule, and a molecular capsule configured to carry the information molecule from the molecular transmitter to the molecular receiver. Each of the molecular transmitter, the molecular receiver, and the molecular capsule has an artificial cell membrane in which at least one kind of molecular switch is embedded, the molecular switch being responsive to an external input signal so as to control association and separation between the molecular transmitter and the molecular capsule, and association and separation between the molecular capsule and the molecular receiver, upon application of the external input signal.

System and method for molecular communication

There is provided a molecular communication system capable of transmitting an information molecule in which predetermined information is encoded to a target destination under good controllability. The molecular communication system includes a molecular transmitter for transmitting the information molecule with prescribed information encoded, a molecular receiver for receiving the information molecule, and a molecule transmission channel extending between the molecular transmitter and the molecular receiver. The molecule transmission channel defines a transmission path formed of macromolecular (or polymer) materials, along which carrier molecules are circulating in a prescribed direction. The information molecule output from the molecular transmitter is loaded on the carrier molecule and carried to the molecular receiver.

Molecular communication system

A molecular communication system includes a molecular transmitter () configured to transmit an information molecules () onto which prescribed information is encoded; a molecular receiver () configured to receive the information molecule, a molecule propagation channel () extending from the molecular transmitter to the molecular receiver, and a molecular capsule () configured to encapsulate the information molecules to be transmitted from the molecular transmitter to the molecular receiver, wherein the surfaces of the molecular transmitter, the molecular receiver, and the molecular capsule have lipid bilayer membrane structure, and wherein the system further includes encapsulation means for applying a first chemical substance to the molecular transmitter, or to the molecular transmitter and the molecular capsule to encapsulate the information molecules into the molecular capsule, and decapsulation means for applying a second chemical substance to the molecular capsule and the molecular receiver to take the information molecules out of the molecular capsule and take them into the molecular receiver.

Molecular communication system and molecular communication method

A molecule transfer and delivery system includes a loading zone () for loading a targeted cargo molecule () on a carrier molecule () making use of a hybridization nature of nucleotides, and an unloading zone () for unloading the targeted cargo molecule from the carrier molecule making use of the strand exchange nature of the nucleotides. Towing nucleotide chains including the first single-stranded nucleotides () with the first length are bound to the carrier molecule, and the second single-stranded nucleotides () with the second length longer than the first length are bound to the targeted cargo molecule. The third single-stranded nucleotides () with the same length as the second single-stranded nucleotides are bound to the unloading zone.

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Tatsuya Suda