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Potential End-Use of a Europium Binary Photoluminescent Ink for Anti-Counterfeiting Security Documents

[Image: see text] Composed of two europium complexes doped in polyvinyl butyral as the host material, a novel photoluminescent ink has been formulated by synthesizing Eu(FAC)(3)Phen as a red luminescent down-shifting emitter and employing SrAl(2)O(4):Eu, Dy as a long persistent green phosphor. Both...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Moudam, Omar, Lakbita, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8582051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34778637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c03949
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Sumario:[Image: see text] Composed of two europium complexes doped in polyvinyl butyral as the host material, a novel photoluminescent ink has been formulated by synthesizing Eu(FAC)(3)Phen as a red luminescent down-shifting emitter and employing SrAl(2)O(4):Eu, Dy as a long persistent green phosphor. Both emitters are incorporated to design a photoluminescent ink with binary emission under a single UV excitation wavelength, where a red light is emitted when exposed under 325 nm, subsequently becoming green upon the UV light being switched off. The concept presented here is unequivocally distinct from the classical dual-mode emission, which requires a second extra near-infrared excitation around 980 nm to produce a binary luminescence. This work demonstrates the effortlessness of using one UV excitation for dual-mode visible emission while rendering the counterfeiting of confidential documents more onerous.