The 2 MOST IMPORTANT Equations for Diffusion-Based Communication

This video covers what is arguably the most fundamental theory used in diffusion-based molecular communication – Fick’s Laws of Diffusion. Fick’s Second Law, which is derived from Fick’s First Law and is also known as the Diffusion Equation, is the starting point for mathematically modeling the propagation of diffusion signals.

An important disclaimer: Fick’s Laws of Diffusion cover one type of diffusion – the aptly named “Fickian diffusion”. Any type of diffusion that does not follow Fick’s laws is categorized as “non-Fickian diffusion”. There are important environmental assumptions that need to hold in order to assume that diffusion will be Fickian.

Further Related Reading (with commentary):

The Biophysical Communication Engineering Lab is a research group studying biophysical signal propagation, cellular signal processing, and molecular communication engineering. It is led by Dr. Adam Noel, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:48 Background on Fick
01:07 Fick’s First Law
02:42 Fick’s Second Law
03:08 Direct Contact Examples
03:31 Recap and Outro

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[MEChEEECPA]

Hi! What books would you recommend to start learning about mass transfer and diffusion? Thanks

[朋希-bu]

Thanks for the video, super helpful and informative