Molecular Encryption and Steganography Using Mixtures of Simultaneously Sequenced, Sequence-Defined Oligourethanes
Samuel D. Dahlhauser, Christopher D. Wight, Sarah R. Moor, Randall A. Scanga, Phuoc H. T. Ngo, Jordan T. York, Marissa S. Vera, Kristin J. Blake, Ian M. Riddington, James F. Reuther, Eric V. Anslyn
Abstract
. To validate this platform as a medium of molecular steganography and cryptography, the cipher key was hidden in the ink of a personal letter, mailed to a third party, extracted, sequenced, and deciphered successfully in the first try, thereby revealing the encrypted document.
Topics & Concepts
SteganographySequence (biology)EncryptionComputer scienceComputational biologyTheoretical computer scienceData miningBiologyGeneticsArtificial intelligenceComputer securityEmbeddingDNA and Biological ComputingAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesQuantum-Dot Cellular Automata