Abstract: A flexible, digital enhanced reading device (P) comprises at least one label containing encoded information, a spatially structured element placed over the label itself, defined by a material indicating predetermined temperature level and exposure time range, and comprising a material with morphological and/or structural and/or chemical and/or physical state changing properties detectable following a predetermined heat absorption; the mentioned spatially structural element is adapted to at least partially cover determined zones of said label with dimensions between 0.01% and 100% of the surface of the label itself, and comprises molecular materials and/or polymer materials and/or liquid crystals and/or mixtures of said materials in any proportion.

Abstract: A method for the creation of complex structures (5) comprising the substrate (S) deposit steps with at least one surface or substrate (1) that can be corroded by a material (2) to be dispersed in a corrosive solution (3); the aforementioned deposits steps are simultaneously created in a single step through the step in which distribution of said solution (3) and said material (2) is spatially guided onto the substrate (S) by applying a mould (4).

Abstract: A flexible, digital enhanced reading device (P) comprises at least one label containing encoded information, a spatially structured element placed over the label itself, defined by a material indicating predetermined temperature level and exposure time range, and comprising a material with morphological and/or structural and/or chemical and/or physical state changing properties detectable following a predetermined heat absorption; the mentioned spatially structural element is adapted to at least partially cover determined zones of said label with dimensions between 0.01% and 100% of the surface of the label itself, and comprises molecular materials and/or polymer materials and/or liquid crystals and/or mixtures of said materials in any proportion.

Abstract: A device and a corresponding method which allows to protect, preserve and activate (making it sensitive to external agents) a sensitive element, which changes its morphology and/or produces phase segregations following exposure to external agents.

Abstract: A system for authenticating products and/or packages, comprising a unit for acquiring primary configurations which represent meaningful images and for generating secondary configurations for the authentication marking of products and/or packages; a unit for applying the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and a unit for recognizing the secondary configurations applied to the product and/or package. All the units are provided with means for mutual connection in an active configuration for transmitting digital data. A method for authenticating products and/or packages comprises the acquisition of primary configurations which represent meaningful images; the generation of secondary configurations for marking; the application of the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and the recognition of the authenticity of the product and/or package.

Abstract: A process for forming nanostructures comprising the step of applying on localised regions of a smooth thin film of bistable or multistable molecules an external perturbation with preset magnitude thereby said film undergoes a collective morphological transformation and nanostructures are formed by selforganisation of said molecules, said nanostructures having preset number, size, interspacing and shape. The nanostructures can be used as storage medium in storage devices.

Abstract: A device for monitoring the temperature to which a product has been exposed, comprising at least one spatially structured element, constituted by a material indicating a preset level of temperature and a preset exposure time interval, and adapted to be applied to a monitored product. The indicator material is selected among materials which detectably change their morphological and/or structural and/or chemical and/or physical state once the material is placed in a condition in which it can absorb a preset amount of heat.

Abstract: A method for providing a locally rough surface which is spatially structured on micrometric and/or nanometric scale and is formed by a substrate, so as to obtain a product. The method comprises the steps of flattening and/or smoothing the rough substrate in preset regions.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of controlling the spatial distribution, shape and size of films of conjugated organic molecules that can be used to grow single layers of organic molecules on silicon oxide nanostructures. The silicon oxide nanostructures are produced using an anodic oxidation process. The organisation of the molecules on the oxide nanostructures is dependent on the kinetic parameters of the latter (evaporation rate, diffusion coefficient) and on the interactions with the silicon (anodic) oxide regions. The molecules form domains which exactly reproduce the lateral size and the shape of the oxide nanostructures. The invention provides a powerful method of performing a bottom-up construction of wires, electrodes and charge transfer zones in nanoscale devices.

Abstract: A device comprising a charge transfer channel, wherein the charge transfer channel comprises a composite material which comprises particles of a dielectric material with interstice voids between them which are partially or totally infilled by a semiconductor or conductor material.

Abstract: Patterns of nanometer and micrometer dimensions are printed on a substrate by first forming a solution or suspension of a liquid and a printing material and then applying a layer of the solution or suspension to the substrate. Then, without applying pressure, a stamp provided with relief patterns is positioned at a distance of 0 nm to 500 ?m from the substrate with the relief patterns in contact with the layer of the solution or suspension. The liquid is then evaporated from the solution or suspension from between the substrate and the stamp so as to draw the suspension or solution by capillarity to the relief patterns and deposit the material on the substrate in accordance with the relief patterns of the stamp. Thereafter the stamp is separated from the substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling the spatial distribution, shape and size of films of conjugated organic molecules. The inventive method can be used to grow single layers of organic molecules on silicon oxide nanostructures. The silicon oxide nanostructures are produced using an anodic oxidation process. The organisation of the molecules on the oxide nanostructures is dependent on the kinetic parameters of the latter (evaporation rate, diffusion coefficient) and on the interactions with the silicon (anodic) oxide regions. The molecules form domains which exactly reproduce the lateral size and the shape of the oxide nanostructures. The invention provides a powerful method of performing a bottom-up construction of wires, electrodes and charge transfer zones in nanoscale devices.

Abstract: A method for providing a thin film that is spatially structured on a submicrometric or nanometric scale, formed by a material, on a substrate, so as to obtain a product; the method comprises the steps of: dispersing the material in the substrate in order to obtain a mixture; modeling the mixture to form on a surface of the mixture protrusions and recesses; conditioning the mixture by smoothing any surface roughness thereof; by doing so, the material emerges on the surface only at the protrusions of the mixture.

Abstract: A printing process for obtaining patterns of nanometer and micrometer dimensions on a substrate, comprising i) the application of a solution or suspension of an imprinting material to the substrate, ii) the positioning, without applying pressure, of a stamp provided with relief patterns at a distance of 0 nm to 500 ?m from the substrate, and iii) the evaporation of the solution or suspension.

Abstract: A process for forming nanostructures comprising the step of applying on localised regions of a smooth thin film of bistable or multistable molecules an external perturbation with preset magnitude thereby said film undergoes a collective morphological transformation and nanostructures are formed by selforganisation of said molecules, said nanostructures having preset number, size, interspacing and shape. The nanostructures can be used as storage medium in storage devices.

Abstract: A non-conventional lithographic process for modifying, improving and fabricating structural anisotropy, organization and order, and anisotropy of the mechanical, electrical, optical, optoelectronics, charge-carrying and energy-carrying properties in thin films constituted by organic materials with double conjugated bonds. The method consists in molding, performed directly on the conjugated thin film by virtue of intimate contact with the surface of a mold. The parts of the film in direct contact with the mold undergo a transformation that is local in character and whose dimensions depend on the dimensions of the structures provided on the mold. Molding can be performed both in static conditions and in dynamic conditions.