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Communicating Supraparticles to Enable Perceptual, Information-Providing Matter.
Jakob Reichstein1, Stephan Müssig1, Susanne Wintzheimer1,2
1Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|October 3, 2023
Summary
Researchers developed communicating supraparticles (CSPs) to bridge the physical and digital worlds. These smart materials provide on-demand information about their origin, type, and history, enabling digital transformation in materials science.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Digital Transformation
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- The physical and digital worlds remain disconnected, hindering material innovation.
- Current materials are passive, lacking inherent information-carrying capabilities.
- A paradigm shift is needed to make materials active information providers.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce communicating supraparticles (CSPs) as a novel solution for linking materials and digital information.
- To enable materials to actively communicate their properties, history, and environmental interactions.
- To facilitate digital transformation in materials science and promote sustainability.
Main Methods:
- Assembling customizable (sub-)micrometer-sized communicating supraparticles (CSPs).
- Utilizing nanoparticulate and/or macromolecular building blocks with spectrally differentiable signals.
- Designing robust or stimuli-susceptible signals for identification and stimuli-recording functionalities.
Main Results:
- CSPs possess functional signal characteristics for identification and stimuli-recording.
- These supraparticles enable on-demand communication of digital information about tagged materials.
- CSPs record and communicate material history and encountered stimuli throughout their lifecycle.
Conclusions:
- Communicating supraparticles (CSPs) effectively bridge the gap between the physical materials world and the digital information realm.
- CSPs offer a versatile platform for digitalizing material information and enabling advanced applications.
- This technology has significant potential for fostering sustainability and driving digital transformation in materials science.
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