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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201707365
Keywords
anticounterfeiting; excitation-source-dependent color; power-dependent color; simultaneous downshifting and upconversion; single ultraviolet (UV) or near-infrared (NIR) light
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- China Scholarship Council
- Ghent University's Special Research Fund (BOF) [BOF15/PDO/091]
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This work presents a novel anticounterfeiting strategy based on a material changing its emission color in response to a change in the excitation sourceswhere a single ultraviolet (UV) or near-infrared (NIR) light source are employed or simultaneously using two excitation sources (xenon lamp and NIR laser). Following this approach, various combinations of lanthanide (Ln(3+))-doped LiLuF4/LiYF4 core/shell nanoparticles are prepared, providing a promising route to design flexible nanomaterials, as well as already a small library of luminescent materials, which change color when varying the excitation source (UV, NIR or both UV and NIR). Aside from excitation source-dependent color change, these materials additionally show excitation-source power-dependent color change. This work exploits the possibility of developing a new class of multimode anticounterfeit nanomaterials, with excellent performance, which would be almost impossible to mimic or replicate, providing a very high level of security.
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