An Anti-Counterfeiting System Using Luminescence (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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An Anti-Counterfeiting System Using Luminescence (1 of 1)

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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed an optical fingerprint that can be affixed to all products and used to guarantee authenticity. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 26 January 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.R. Carro-Temboury at University of Copenhagen in København, Denmark, and colleagues was titled, "An optical authentication system based on imaging of excitation-selected lanthanide luminescence."

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[Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Arppe-Tabbara]

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