Spatial and Temporal Control of Information Storage in Cellulose by Chemically Activated Oscillations

Abstract

Chemical oscillations are exploited to achieve self-expiring graphical information on paper-based supports with precise temporal and spatial control. Writing and self-erasing processes are chemically activated by exciting nonoscillating Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) solutions infiltrated in cellulose paper filters. Exhausted supports can be reactivated many times by adding new BZ medium. Different parameters can be independently controlled to program mono- or multipaced information storage