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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Optoelectronics
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Conventional anti-counterfeiting labels using liquid crystals (LCs) have limited information capacity and access control due to passive responses.
  • There is a need for advanced encryption methods that offer multi-level security and dynamic information display.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a flexible, multi-responsive LC encryption device with enhanced information capacity and access control.
  • To demonstrate a vertically integrated two-layer architecture combining electro-optical and thermal functionalities for secure data storage and retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a two-layer device: an upper magnesium oxide nanoparticle (MgO NP)-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film as an optical gate and a lower layer of microfluidically generated core-shell cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) droplets doped with spiropyran (SP).
  • Tuning CLC formulation with chiral dopant S811 for thermochromic properties and assessing UV-triggered optical signal retention in droplets.
  • Integration and testing of the device using electrical, optical, and thermal stimuli for sequential decoding of encrypted patterns.

Main Results:

  • The CLC formulation showed a 236 nm thermochromic reflection shift over a 28-32 °C range, with droplets retaining 86.1% of their UV signal after 60 cycles.
  • The MgO NP-doped PDLC layer acted as an electrically switchable gate with a threshold voltage of 14 V and saturation voltage of 38 V.
  • Three encrypted patterns ('CSU', '596', '930') were sequentially decoded using specific electrical-optical-thermal stimulus sequences, demonstrating multilevel access control.

Conclusions:

  • The developed device offers a proof-of-concept for an access-controlled colloidal LC platform enabling multilevel flexible information encryption.
  • The study identified thermochromic channel degradation as a limiting factor, highlighting areas for future material optimization.
  • The electro-optical-thermal multiresponsive nature provides a robust solution for advanced anti-counterfeiting and secure information storage applications.