Security engineering of nanostructures and nanomaterials

Proliferation of electronics and their increasing connectivity pose formidable challenges for information security. At the most fundamental level, nanostructures and nanomaterials offer an unprecedented opportunity to introduce new approaches to securing electronic devices. First, we discuss engineering nanomaterials, (e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)) to make unclonable cryptographic primitives. These security primitives not only can supplement existing solutions in silicon integrated circuits (ICs) but can also be used for emerging applications in flexible and wearable electronics. Second, we discuss security engineering of advanced nanostructures such as reactive materials.

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