Código de resposta rápida nanoestruturado impresso em 3D

Abstract

Due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, factories increasingly have systems dependent on the Internet and communication technologies, which guarantees them unprecedented efficiency, but makes them vulnerable to cyber attacks. For this reason, cybersecurity it is an increasingly relevant topic, with technologies such as blockchain and quantum cryptography based on physically unclonable functions (PUFs) presenting themselves as alternatives in this area. In this sense, this work presents the synthesis of poly(acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) (ABS) nanocomposites with respectively 1 and 2 % by mass of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the 3D printing of the so-called NanoCodecs, which present Raman spectral signatures, classified as PUFs, which can be used as cryptographic keys generated by a code built in the Python programming language. For this, two solutions were prepared, the first with multi-walled CNTs functionalized with carboxylic acid in acetone, and the other with pure ABS pellets in this same solvent. After mixing these solutions and ultrasonic baths, the acetone was evaporated and ABS/NTC1%m/m and ABS/NTC2%m/m pellets were produced, which were used for the production of nanostructured filaments in an extruder. Then NanoCodecs as quick response code (QR code) and as round/square stamps were 3D printed. The electrical characterization of samples printed with nanostructured filaments showed a reduction in electrical resistance with an increase in the percentage by mass of CNTs. Despite this, the morphological characterization by Scanning Electron Microscopy showed that there is a low concentration of nanotubes on the surface of the samples, which indicates that they are dispersed throughout the volume of the samples. The vibrational characterization by Raman spectroscopy was used to identify the characteristics of pure materials, both ABS and NTCs, and compare with the Raman spectrum of the ABS/NTCs nanocomposite. As a result, there was an overlap of the vibrational modes of both materials, with emphasis on the shift to the right of the sub-band 𝐺𝑒𝑥𝑡 in 8 𝑐𝑚−1, which indicates that the nanotubes are compressed in the polymeric matrix. Finally, using nanocomposites as PUFs, it was possible to generate keys from the main vibrational modes of these materials: the D, G and 2D bands of nanotubes and the bands named as 1001-PS and 2239-PAN of ABS. Therefore, the results obtained indicate that NanoCodecs can be used as elements of ybersecurity in Industry 4.0, through cryptographic keys generated by the spectral analisys of the nanocoposite used for produtction of the NanoCodecs.