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

这个I-Corps项目的广泛影响和商业潜力为实物商品的防伪和认证提供了一个新的平台。该项目使用物理上不可克隆的设备，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过程复制，因此它们确保了唯一性和安全性，具有优于其他混沌方法的明显优势。 目前的防伪技术通常面临着以下挑战：图案复杂度低，允许安全标签被复制;缺乏用于高复杂度标签的简易认证工具;以及可能限制应用的物理不稳定性。 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中提供了潜在的商业应用，例如药品和汽车零部件，或者在高价值部门，认证通常是破坏性的或困难的。这个I-Corps项目开发了二维（2D）纳米材料及其微结构，用于防伪应用。 通过对二维纳米材料薄膜的随机物理变形，得到的微结构显示出混沌特性和高结构稳定性，可以用作新型防伪标签。 2D纳米材料标签可以是不可替代的，并且可以在各种极端环境中使用，例如在非常高或非常低的温度下，在强酸性或碱性溶液中，以及在物理洗涤后。 该奖项反映了NSF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。

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.