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Infochemistry and infofuses for the chemical storage and transmission of coded information
Thomas III, S. W., Chiechi, R. C., LaFratta, C. N., Webb, M. R., Lee, A., Wiley, B. J., Zakin, M. R., Walt, D. R. & Whitesides, G. M., 2009, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106, 23, p. 9147-9150 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Infochemistry and infofuses for the chemical storage and transmission of coded information. / Thomas III, Samuel W.; Chiechi, Ryan C.; LaFratta, Christopher N.; Webb, Michael R.; Lee, Andrew; Wiley, Benjamin J.; Zakin, Mitchell R.; Walt, David R.; Whitesides, George M.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 23, 2009, p. 9147-9150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - Infochemistry and infofuses for the chemical storage and transmission of coded information
AU - Thomas III, Samuel W.
AU - Chiechi, Ryan C.
AU - LaFratta, Christopher N.
AU - Webb, Michael R.
AU - Lee, Andrew
AU - Wiley, Benjamin J.
AU - Zakin, Mitchell R.
AU - Walt, David R.
AU - Whitesides, George M.
N1 - Relation: https://www.rug.nl/scheikunde/onderzoek/scholen/stratingh/index date_submitted:2010 Rights: University of Groningen, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This article describes a self-powered system that uses chemical reactions—the thermal excitation of alkali metals—to transmit coded alphanumeric information. The transmitter (an ‘‘infofuse’’) is a strip of the flammable polymer nitrocellulose patterned with alkali metal ions; this pattern encodes the information. The wavelengths of 2 consecutive pulses of light represent each alphanumeric character. While burning, infofuses transmit a sequence of pulses (at 5–20 Hz) of atomic emission that correspond to the sequence of metallic salts (and therefore to the encoded information). This system combines information technology and chemical reactions into a new area—‘‘infochemistry’’—that is the first step toward systems that combine sensing and transduction of chemical signals with multicolor transmission of alphanumeric information.
AB - This article describes a self-powered system that uses chemical reactions—the thermal excitation of alkali metals—to transmit coded alphanumeric information. The transmitter (an ‘‘infofuse’’) is a strip of the flammable polymer nitrocellulose patterned with alkali metal ions; this pattern encodes the information. The wavelengths of 2 consecutive pulses of light represent each alphanumeric character. While burning, infofuses transmit a sequence of pulses (at 5–20 Hz) of atomic emission that correspond to the sequence of metallic salts (and therefore to the encoded information). This system combines information technology and chemical reactions into a new area—‘‘infochemistry’’—that is the first step toward systems that combine sensing and transduction of chemical signals with multicolor transmission of alphanumeric information.
KW - combustion
KW - atomic emission
KW - alphanumeric characters
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0902476106
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0902476106
M3 - Article
VL - 106
SP - 9147
EP - 9150
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 23
ER -
ID: 1975709