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Title: Unlocking the decoding of unknown magnetic nanobarcode signatures
Magnetic nanowires (MNWs) rank among the most promising multifunctional magnetic nanomaterials for nanobarcoding applications owing to their safety, nontoxicity, and remote decoding using a single magnetic excitation source. Until recently, coercivity and saturation magnetization have been proposed as encoding parameters. Herein, backward remanence magnetization (BRM) is used to decode unknown remanence spectra of MNWs-based nanobarcodes. A simple and fast expectation algorithm is proposed to decode the unknown remanence spectra with a success rate of 86% even though the MNWs have similar coercivities, which cannot be accomplished by other decoding schemes. Our experimental approach and analytical analysis open a promising direction towards reliably decoding magnetic nanobarcodes to expand their capabilities for security and labeling applications.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1642268
PAR ID:
10209707
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Nanoscale Advances
ISSN:
2516-0230
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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