<s>
A	O
nanonetwork	B-General_Concept
or	O
nanoscale	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
interconnected	O
nanomachines	O
(	O
devices	O
a	O
few	O
hundred	O
nanometers	O
or	O
a	O
few	O
micrometers	O
at	O
most	O
in	O
size	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
perform	O
only	O
very	O
simple	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
computing	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
storing	I-General_Concept
,	O
sensing	O
and	O
actuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nanonetworks	B-General_Concept
are	O
expected	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
single	O
nanomachines	O
both	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
complexity	O
and	O
range	O
of	O
operation	O
by	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
coordinate	O
,	O
share	O
and	O
fuse	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nanonetworks	B-General_Concept
enable	O
new	O
applications	O
of	O
nanotechnology	O
in	O
the	O
biomedical	O
field	O
,	O
environmental	O
research	O
,	O
military	O
technology	O
and	O
industrial	O
and	O
consumer	O
goods	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
advancements	O
in	O
carbon	O
and	O
molecular	B-Algorithm
electronics	I-Algorithm
have	O
opened	O
the	O
door	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
electronic	O
nanoscale	O
components	O
such	O
as	O
nanobatteries	B-Algorithm
,	O
nanoscale	O
energy	O
harvesting	O
systems	O
,	O
nano-memories	O
,	O
logical	O
circuitry	O
in	O
the	O
nanoscale	O
and	O
even	O
nano-antennas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
a	O
communication	O
perspective	O
,	O
the	O
unique	O
properties	O
observed	O
in	O
nanomaterials	O
will	O
decide	O
on	O
the	O
specific	O
bandwidths	B-Algorithm
for	O
emission	O
of	O
electromagnetic	O
radiation	O
,	O
the	O
time	O
lag	O
of	O
the	O
emission	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
magnitude	O
of	O
the	O
emitted	O
power	O
for	O
a	O
given	O
input	O
energy	O
,	O
amongst	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
experimentally	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
receive	O
and	O
demodulate	B-Device
an	O
electromagnetic	O
wave	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
nanoradio	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
an	O
electromechanically	O
resonating	O
carbon	O
nanotube	O
which	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
decode	O
an	O
amplitude	O
or	O
frequency	O
modulated	O
wave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Second	O
,	O
graphene-based	O
nano-antennas	O
have	O
been	O
analyzed	O
as	O
potential	O
electromagnetic	O
radiators	O
in	O
the	O
terahertz	B-Architecture
band	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
