Security printing of covert quick response codes using upconverting nanoparticle inks

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 39, 2012, Pages

  Meruga, Jeevan M ^a   Cross, William M ^a   Stanley May, P ^b   Luu, Quocanh ^b   Crawford, Grant A ^a   Kellar, Jon J ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBIENT LIGHTING; AUTOCAD FILES; BINDING AGENT; CAPPING AGENT; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DIRECT WRITE; INFORMATION SHARING APPLICATIONS; METHYL BENZOATE; NEAR INFRA RED; NEAR-IR LASERS; NIR EXCITATION; PRIVATE INDUSTRIES; QR CODES; QUICK RESPONSE; QUICK RESPONSE CODE; SECURITY INKS; SECURITY PRINTING; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ERBIUM; ESTERS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; OLEIC ACID; PRINTING; TOLUENE; YTTERBIUM;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84866327655     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/39/395201     Document Type: Article

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