Chemo Hydrodynamic Transceivers for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, Modeling the Joint Propulsion Transmission trade-off

A new paper models 'chemo-hydrodynamic transceivers' for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), revealing a critical flaw in existing designs. The research shows that the external optical control used to propel nanomachines and make them emit molecular signals creates a fundamental trade-off: stronger propulsion increases signal emission but causes motion-induced 'fading' that can collapse communication reliability. The model shows that ignoring this active motility noise can underestimate bit error probability by orders of magnitude.