I-Corps: Highly secure anticounterfeiting tags with deep learning software for reliable product authentication

I-Corps：高度安全的防伪标签，配备深度学习软件，可实现可靠的产品认证

• 批准号: 2136807
• 负责人: Po-Yen Chen
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-15 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136807&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Highly; secure; anticounterfeiting; tags

The broader impacts and commercial potential of this I-Corps project enable a new platform for anticounterfeiting and authentication of physical goods. This project uses physically unclonable devices such as small anticounterfeiting tags that are essentially impossible to replicate. Because these tags are not readily copied by current manufacturing processes, they ensure uniqueness and security with distinct advantages over other chaosmetric approaches. Current anticounterfeiting technologies often face challenges with low pattern complexity that allows the security tag to be copied, lack of facile authentication tools for high-complexity tags, and physical instabilities that can limit applications. This technology platform addresses these challenges as it offers potential commercial applications in markets with high safety standards, such as pharmaceuticals and automobile parts, or in high-value sectors where authentication can often be destructive or difficult.This I-Corps project develops two dimensional (2D) nanomaterials and their microstructures for use in anticounterfeiting applications. By physically deforming the 2D nanomaterial thin films randomly, the resulting microstructure shows chaosmetric properties and high structural stability which can be utilized as a new type of anticounterfeiting tag. The 2D nanomaterial tags may be irreplaceable and can be utilized in a variety of extreme environments such as at very high or very low temperatures, in strong acidic or basic solutions, and after physical washing. These physical environments are areas where conventional anti-counterfeiting tags often fail.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

I-Corps项目的广泛影响和商业潜力为实体商品的防伪和认证提供了一个新的平台。这个项目使用了物理上不可克隆的设备，比如基本上不可能复制的小型防伪标签。由于这些标签不容易被当前的制造工艺复制，因此它们确保了唯一性和安全性，与其他混沌方法相比具有明显的优势。当前的防伪技术经常面临以下挑战：低模式复杂性（允许复制安全标签）、缺乏用于高复杂性标签的简便身份验证工具，以及物理不稳定性（限制应用）。该技术平台解决了这些挑战，因为它在具有高安全标准的市场（如制药和汽车零部件）或高价值行业（身份验证通常具有破坏性或困难）中提供了潜在的商业应用。这个I-Corps项目开发用于防伪应用的二维（2D）纳米材料及其微观结构。通过对二维纳米材料薄膜进行随机物理变形，得到的微观结构具有混沌性和高度的结构稳定性，可作为一种新型的防伪标签。二维纳米材料标签可能是不可替代的，并且可以在各种极端环境中使用，例如在极高或极低的温度下，在强酸或强碱溶液中，以及物理洗涤后。这些物理环境是传统防伪标签经常失效的地方。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。