Information coding in dendritic structures and tags

This application is a U.S. National Phase Application of International Patent Application No. PCT/US2015/059561 filed on Nov. 6, 2015, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/076,822, filed on Nov. 7, 2014, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.This disclosure relates to dendritic structures, methods for making dendritic structures, and applications of dendritic structures, including information coding in dendritic structures.The present disclosure relates generally to the formation and use of dendritic structures. A dendritic structure is a structure that develops with a typical multi-branching, tree-like form. Dendritic patterns are very common in nature and are illustrated by diverse phenomena such as snowflake formation and lightning. Dendritic crystallization forms a natural fractal pattern. A fractal is generally defined as a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be subdivided into parts, each of which is (at least st...