Nanoscopic barcodes set a new science limit (IMAGE)

University of Technology Sydney

Nanoscopic barcodes set a new science limit

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Imagine shrinking those barcodes a million times, from millimetre to nanometre scale, so that they could be used inside living cells to label, identify and track the building blocks of life or, blended into inks to prevent counterfeiting.

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University of Technology Sydney

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