Chemical detection mixture with integrated circuit microsensor elements

An environmental condition detection mixture including environmental condition detection elements adapted to impart a chemical detection capability to a physical article, comprising:

• a first component including one or more non-detecting chemical elements in the detection mixture;
• the environmental condition detection elements being incorporated as a second component of the detection mixture;
• wherein the first component of the detection mixture is adapted to cause said second environmental condition detection elements:
• 1) to adhere to and/or become integrated into the physical article when applied in said mixture to such article;
• and
• 2) to be undetectable to an unaided human eye;
• each of the environmental condition detection elements comprising a single integrated circuit on which is situated:
• a sensor element configured with a sensor state responsive to the presence of a target environmental condition when exposed to a target environment;
• a transducer coupled to the sensor element and configured to detect said sensor state and generate an output corresponding thereto;
• a magnetoelectronic (ME) processing element coupled to said transducer and adapted to perform a first sequence of operations during an operational mode on said output from said transducer;
• wherein a detection output is generated by the ME processing element having a detection value based on said first sequence of operations confirming the presence of said target environmental condition;
• a first readout substance situated in a storage chamber of said single integrated circuit;
• wherein said first readout substance is also not detectable to an unaided human eye;
• one or more micromechanical structures responsive to said detection output, and adapted to cause said first readout substance to be released from said chamber in response to said detection value;
• wherein a presence of said target environmental condition can be determined by detecting said first readout substance released from said chamber only through machine assistance.

An environmental condition detection mixture including environmental condition detection elements adapted to impart a chemical detection capability to a physical article, comprising:

• a first component including one or more non-detecting chemical elements in the detection mixture;
• the environmental condition detection elements being incorporated as a second component of the detection mixture;
• wherein the first component of the detection mixture is adapted to cause said second environmental condition detection elements:
• 1) to adhere to and/or become integrated into the physical article when applied in said mixture to such article;
• and
• 2) to be undetectable to an unaided human eye;
• each of the environmental condition detection elements comprising a single integrated circuit on which is situated:
• a sensor element configured with a sensor state responsive to the presence of a target environmental condition when exposed to a target environment;
• a transducer coupled to the sensor element and configured to detect said sensor state and generate an output corresponding thereto;
• a magnetoelectronic (ME) processing element coupled to said transducer and adapted to perform a first sequence of operations during an operational mode on said output from said transducer;
• wherein a detection output is generated by the ME processing element having a detection value based on said first sequence of operations confirming the presence of said target environmental condition;
• a microwave antenna coupled to the ME processing element and responsive to an interrogation signal to enable passive readout of said detection output;
• wherein a presence of said target environmental condition can be determined by interrogating said detection value only through machine assistance.