Tadashi Nakano is a Professor in the Graduate School of Informatics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan. He conducts research at the intersection of computer science and biology, including design, implementation, and evaluation of molecular communication systems, synthetic biological systems, and biologically inspired systems. His research received the KDDI Foundation Award 2021.

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Fully revised and updated, this second edition is a comprehensive introduction to molecular communication including the theory, applications, and latest developments. With seven new chapters, this remains a definitive guide to the subject for graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering, computer science, and molecular biology.

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Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Natural biological nanomachines; 3. Molecular communication in biological systems; 4. Molecular communication paradigm; 5. A layered architecture of molecular communication; 6 Mathematical modelling and simulation: diffusion-based molecular communication; 7. Mathematical modelling and simulation: biological molecular communication; 8. Communication and information theory of molecular communication; 9. Mobile molecular communication; 10. Experimental molecular communication: macroscale systems; 11. Design and engineering of molecular communication components; 12. Design and engineering of molecular communication systems; 13. Targeted cluster formation of bio-nanomachines; 14. Large-scale structure formation of bio-nanomachines; 15. Externally controllable molecular communication; 16. Standardization in molecular communication; 17. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.