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  • Materials Science
  • Microfabrication
  • Photonics

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  • Two-photon direct laser writing fabricates microstructures for micro-robotics and photonics.
  • Liquid Crystalline Networks (LCN) enable 3D micrometric objects with stimulus-responsive shape change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate free-standing LCN microstructures as graphical units for smart tags.
  • To achieve simple physical and optical encryption using stimulus-responsive pixels.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of LCN microstructures using two-photon direct laser writing.
  • Designing an array of pixels for information encoding and retrieval.
  • Utilizing stimulus-induced shape change and color variation for a two-level encryption mechanism.

Main Results:

  • Successful fabrication of free-standing LCN microstructures.
  • Demonstration of a smart tag with information hidden and revealed by stimuli.
  • Realization of an opto-mechanical "invisible ink" effect.

Conclusions:

  • LCN microstructures offer a novel approach for physical and optical data encryption.
  • This technology enables enhanced functionalities in smart micro-systems within a single lithography step.
  • Potential applications include storage devices with physical encryption and complex motion actuators.