Terahertz Communications: Present and Future
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 6780
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nano-networks; secure Internet of Things and Industry 4.0; 5G systems; data-centric and programmable architectures for the Future Internet; Internet models and network measurements
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Interests: basics of antennae and electromagnetism, from megastructures and metasurfaces to novel applications in telerobotics, cognitive radio, wearable electronics, nanoscale networks, healthcare, and bioengineering
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Interests: nano communication; biomedical applications of millimeter and terahertz communication; wearable and flexible sensors; compact antenna design; RF design and radio propagation; antenna interaction with human body; implants; body centric wireless communication issues; wireless body sensor networks; non-invasive health care solutions; physical layer security for wearable/implant communication and multiple-input–multiple-output systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the innovation process triggered by nanotechnologies is fostering the development of integrated devices with sizes ranging from one to a few hundred nanometers, very well-suited for ICT, biomedical, industrial, and military applications. Also, the scientific literature has demonstrated that communication at the nanoscale is feasible due to the adoption of graphene-based nano-antennas generating electromagnetic waves in the terahertz band (i.e., from 0.1 THz to 10 THz). Accordingly, researchers from both academia and industry have formulated and, in some cases, developed, pioneering nanoscale communication systems. The current state of the art provides fundamental results that will drive future research activities in this direction.
This Special Issue intends to collect high-level scientific contributions focusing on present achievements and future goals in the terahertz communication domain. Specifically, the topics of interest include:
- THz antennas including carbon nanotubes and graphene-based designs
- THz communication links modelling and characterisation
- Theoretical limitations and considerations of electromagnetic waves at THz
- THz radar and sensing devices and solutions
- THz tissue characterisation and sensing for biomedical applications
- THz material characterisation and synthesis
- Advanced physical transmission techniques for THz
- Nanoscale devices and networks at THz
- Nanoscale network architecture at THz
- Communication protocols for nanoscale networks
- Experimental testbeds and reference use cases based on THz communications
Dr. Giuseppe Piro
Dr. Akram Alomainy
Dr. Qammer H. Abbasi
Guest Editors
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