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Unbreakable Codes in Electrospun Fibers: Digitally Encoded Polymers to Stop Medicine Counterfeiting
Author(s) -
Huang Chaobo,
Lucas Bart,
Vervaet Chris,
Braeckmans Kevin,
Van Calenbergh Serge,
Karalic Izet,
Vandewoestyne Mado,
Deforce Dieter,
Demeester Jo,
De Smedt Stefaan C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201000130
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , materials science , polymer , photobleaching , process (computing) , computer science , polymer science , fluorescence , composite material , physics , optics , operating system
Fluorescent polymer solutions can easily be electrospun into micrometer‐sized fibers and subsequently encoded with long lasting digital codes by a photobleaching process. Such encoded fibers may find various applications; as illustrated in this report, placing encoded fibers in drug tablets may become a strategy to protect them from counterfeiting.