METHODS OF IMAGING COLLOIDAL ROD PARTICLES AS NANOBAR CODES

摘要

Methods for imaging colloidal rod particles as nanobar codes is described in which imaging or reading free-standing particles comprising a plurality of segments of length from 10 nm to 50 mu m and width from 5 nm to 50 mu m is performed. The segments of particles may be comprised of any material including metal, allow, a metal allow, a metal nitride, a metal chalcogenide, a metal oxide, a metal sulfide, a metal selenide, a metal telluride, polymeric materials, crystalline or non-crystalline materials.