Reconfigurable dual-mode optical encryption enabled by block copolymer photonic crystal with micro-imprinted holographic metasurfaceShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Materials Today, ISSN 1369-7021, E-ISSN 1873-4103, Vol. 70, p. 44-56Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Dual-mode optical encryption based on holographic metasurfaces and color components is of great attraction because of their enhanced information security and storage; however, the realization of independently as well as reversibly encodable holographic metasurfaces and color components remains unreported. Herein, we present reconfigurable dual-mode encryptions of structural colors (SC) and holograms, achieved through stimuli-responsive block copolymer (BCP) photonic crystals (PCs) with micro-imprinted holographic metasurfaces. Holographic images appear when the micro-imprinted BCP PCs, consisting of self-assembled alternating lamellae of two dielectrics, are exposed to an incident laser. A characteristic SC develops in the visible range when the imprinted film is immersed in a liquid agent that can swell one of the dielectrics, allowing for dual-mode holographic and SC encodings in the solid and liquid states, respectively. The dual-mode optical encoding is reconfigured. The holographic image can be erased and replaced with another micropattern, while preserving the SC. Moreover, an SC, set by crosslinking of the swellable lamellae, is reset by chemical de-crosslinking and subsequent transient re-crosslinking, enabling the SC reconfigurability of the BCP PC film. A prototype of a high-security reconfigurable dual encryption has been developed, wherein true information is decrypted when holographic passwords are confirmed with full-color visible SC passwords.
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Keywords [en]
Reconfigurable dual-mode encryption; Self-assembled photonic crystals; Block copolymer structural colors; Micro-imprinted holographic metasurfaces; High-security information encryption
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-200694DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2023.10.006ISI: 001136132000001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-200694DiVA, id: diva2:1835621
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Funding Agencies|National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2021M3H4A1A04086553]; Open Resource Research Program of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology [2E31551]; National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [NRF-2022M3C1A3081211]; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2018M3D1A1058536]; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MEST) [RS-2023-00208577]; Technology Innovation Program Development Program-Development and demonstration of new market-creating display technologies - Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea) [20023880]
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