Affiliation:
1. School of Chemistry University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
2. School of Medicine Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
3. College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang Sci‐Tech University Hangzhou 310018 China
Abstract
AbstractThe design of nanosegregated fluorescent tags/barcodes by geometrical patterning with precise dimensions and hierarchies could integrate multilevel optical information within one carrier and enhance microsized barcoding techniques for ultrahigh‐density optical data storage and encryption. However, precise control of the spatial distribution in micro/nanosized matrices intrinsically limits the accessible barcoding applications in terms of material design and construction. Here, crystallization forces are leveraged to enable a rapid, programmable molecular packing and rapid epitaxial growth of fluorescent units in 2D via crystallization‐driven self‐assembly. The fluorescence encoding density, scalability, information storage capacity, and decoding techniques of the robust 2D polymeric barcoding platform are explored systematically. These results provide both a theoretical and an experimental foundation for expanding the fluorescence storage capacity, which is a longstanding challenge in state‐of‐the‐art microbarcoding techniques and establish a generalized and adaptable coding platform for high‐throughput analysis and optical multiplexing.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science