{"id":143450,"date":"2024-10-14T13:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//?p=143450"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:42:27","slug":"ucf-researchers-develop-unique-barcodes-for-molecules-to-help-expedite-medical-advancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//ucf-researchers-develop-unique-barcodes-for-molecules-to-help-expedite-medical-advancements/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Researchers Develop Unique /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/u2018Barcodes/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/u2019 for Molecules to Help Expedite Medical Advancements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcodes are commonly used to track items like groceries or clothing, but UCF researchers have developed a special /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/u201cbarcode/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/u201d to identify much smaller objects: molecules./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/n

UCF researchers, led by UCF NanoScience Technology Center Professor Debashis Chanda, developed a /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/u201cbarcoding/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/u201d technique to quickly identify chiral molecules based on their unique infrared fingerprints, potentially speeding up pharmaceutical and medical advancements./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/n

The molecules can be identified using a special pixelated 2D sensor array that interacts with precise light with the specific properties of the molecules to capture their unique vibrational absorptions, which are then mapped as a barcode./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/n

The study was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and was recently published in Advanced Materials./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143450/n