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. 2021 Jan 29;12:699. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-20908-y

Fig. 4. Geminate labels carrying two distinct kinds of information.

Fig. 4

a A geminate label with two different messages of a green “2019” reflective pattern and a cyan “2020” fluorescent pattern. In program, the color of the rectangles represents the reflection colors of the microdroplets and the slashes in the rectangles represent the microdroplets with fluorescence. The scale bar is 1 cm. bg Encryption and decryption of an enhanced-security-level geminate label created by eight kinds of microdroplets in a “pixelated” array (21 × 21). The fluorescent QR code of “LC” is concealed behind a colorful reflective “Christmas tree”, which can be decrypted by smartphones upon UV irradiation. Each pixel is 2.0 mm × 2.0 mm × 400 μm, and the distance between two pixels is 0.5 mm.