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Orthogonal Photochemistry toward Direct Encryption of a 3D-Printed Hydrogel

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ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 35, Issue 14, Pages -

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209956

Keywords

3D printing; encryption of 3D surfaces; hydrogels; orthogonal photochemistry

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A method of direct encryption on a 3D-printed object using orthogonal photochemistry is reported, allowing for coding on nonplanar surfaces. This approach provides a more reliable encryption method and has the potential to extend to functional modification of 3D-printed products.
Encryption technologies are essential for information security and product anti-counterfeiting, but they are typically restricted to planar surfaces. Encryption on complex 3D objects offers great potential to further improve security. However, it is rarely achieved owing to the lack of encoding strategies for nonplanar surfaces. Here, an approach is reported to directly encrypt on a 3D-printed object employing orthogonal photochemistry. In this system, visible light photochemistry is used for 3D printing of a hydrogel, and ultraviolet light is subsequently employed to activate its geometrically complex surface through the dissociation of ortho-nitrobenzyl ester units in a spatioselective manner for information coding. This approach offers a new way for more reliable encryption, and the underlying orthogonal photochemistry can be extended toward functional modification of 3D-printed products beyond information protection.

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