Nanotechnology is enabling the development of devices on a scale ranging from one to a few hundred nanometers. At this scale, a nanomachine is defined as the most basic functional unit, integrated by nano-components which can carry out sensing and actuation. Coordination and information communication among several nanomachines expand the potential applications of individual devices both in terms of complexity and range of operation. The resulting nanonetworks can cover wide areas, to reach unprecedented locations in a non-invasive way. Moreover, the integration of nanonetworks with classical networks and ultimately with the Internet results in a new networking paradigm, which is referred to as the Internet of Nano-Things (IoNT) by Akyildiz and Jornet one and a half decades ago.

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客座社论：电磁纳米网络：从片上通信到可穿戴和植入式网络


纳米技术能够开发从一纳米到几百纳米的器件。在这个规模上，纳米机器被定义为最基本的功能单元，由能够进行传感和驱动的纳米组件集成而成。多个纳米机器之间的协调和信息通信在复杂性和操作范围方面扩展了单个设备的潜在应用。由此产生的纳米网络可以覆盖广阔的区域，以非侵入性的方式到达前所未有的位置。此外，纳米网络与经典网络以及最终与互联网的集成产生了一种新的网络范式，Akyildiz 和 Jornet 在几十年前将其称为纳米物联网（IoNT）。