Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen Gmbh

Bundesdruckerei Gmbh

Ledon Lighting Jennersdorf Gmbh

Tridonic Optoelectronics Gmbh

Triodonic.atco Optoelectronics Gmbh

Tridonic Jennersdorf Gmbh

Gleitsmann Security Inks Gmbh

Sylke Rösler

Detlef Starick

Manfred Paeschke

Wolfgang Kempfert

Peter Pachler

Oliver Muth

Stefan Tasch

Roland Gutmann

Sven Rösler

Cheng-Jun Duan

Florian Peters

Monika Voh

Andreas Deichsel

Matthias Koch

Roland Heise

Paul Hartmann

Hans Hoschopf

Christian Kunath

Guido Haussmann

Hubertus Thoresia Hintzen

Anne Charlotte Antoinette Delsing

Yuan Qiang Li

Thomas Bitzer

Dominik Uhlich

Adrie Bos

Theresia Hubertus Hintzen

Hubertus Theresia Hitzen

Rudolf Dennstedt

Frank Adrian Carl

Benedikt Daumann

Katharina Huth

Cornelia Vandahl

Gustav Martin Bartel

Guido HAUßMANN

Anne Schmidt

Hubertus Theresia Hintzen

Anne Charlotte Anoinette Delsing

Hubertus Theresia Jozef Maria Hintzen

A security feature is presented for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS:Cu, M, X; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0::; y<0.00015 and 0::; z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.

Security feature and method for the detection thereof, and security or value document

The present invention firstly relates to a security feature for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS: Cu, M, X; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0≤y<0.00015 and 0≤z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum. Furthermore, the invention relates to a security and value document, which may for example be a bank note or a passport, an identity card, a driving license or a postage stamp. The invention also relates to a method for detecting and/or verifying the security feature according to the invention.

The present invention relates to alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores having improved long-term stability and to a corresponding method for improving the long-term stability of alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores. The luminophore according to the invention is a luminophore comprising a base lattice according to the general chemical formula EASiO, where x, y, z&#x3e;0. The component EA is formed by one or more alkaline earth metals. An activator, for example Euor Mn, is doped into the base lattice. The luminophore has the fundamental property to absorb radiation in a first wavelength range and emit radiation in a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range. The luminophore is designed in the form of crystals. According to the invention, the surfaces of the crystals of the luminophore are chemically modified such that at least portions of the surfaces thereof are formed by a chemical compound of the general formula EaZ. The component Z is formed by anions, which can be chemically combined with the EA cations of the luminophore. The variable u is equal to an ion charge of the anions Z. The chemical modification is therefore not a coating.

Alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores and method for improving the long term stability thereof

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a rare-earth doped alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor of a stoichiometric composition. Said method comprising the step of selecting one or more compounds each comprising at least one element of the group comprising the rare-earth elements (RE), the alkaline-earth elements (AE), silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N) and together comprising the necessary elements to form the rare-earth doped alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor (AESiN:RE). The method further comprises the step of bringing the compounds at an elevated temperature in reaction for forming the rare-earth doped alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor (AESiN:RE). In such a method normally a small amount of oxygen, whether intentionally or not-intentionally added, will be incorporated in the rare-earth doped alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor (AESiN:RE). According to the invention the creation of defects by formation of a non-stoichiometric oxygen containing phosphor is at least partly prevented by partly substituting for the ions (AE, Si, N) of the alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor (AESiN:RE) suitable further elements of the periodic system by which vacancies are created, filled or annihilated resulting in the formation of a modified alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor (AESiN:RE) having a stoichiometric composition. In this way a modified phosphor is obtained having excellent and stable optical properties. The invention further relates to a modified phosphor obtainable by the above-mentioned method and a radiation converting device comprising such a phosphor.

Rare-earth doped alkaline-earth silicon nitride phosphor, method for producing and radiation converting device comprising such a phosphor

This invention is related to efficient anorganic phosphors, which are based on an oxysulfide host lattice of the general formula ABOS:M. Furthermore, this invention is related to the use of these phosphors in various technical applications such as fluorescent lamps, colored light or white light emitting LEDs, scanning beam displays working with UV or purple laser as exciting source and other devices in order to convert especially UV or NUV radiation or short-wave visible light into an useful longer-wave visible radiation. This invention is also related to light sources and/or display applications that contain the inventive phosphor. An inventive phosphor shows the general formula ABOS:M, where A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, Sr, and Ba; B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zn and Mg; M is at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cu, and Eu, Pb, Sb, Sn, Bi, Ce, Tb, and Pr; and additionally at least one second element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cu, Cu, Ag, Pb, Sb, Sn, Bi, Eu, Ce, Tb, Prand Laas well as Li, Na, K, and Rb, wherein at least one of the second elements is different from every one of the first elements.

ABOS:M-based phosphors and light sources containing these phosphors

The invention relates to a luminescent substance consisting of a doped host lattice which absorbs at least one part of exciting radiation when it is excited by a high-energy radiation, thereby releasing an energy-poor emission radiation. The host lattice is embodied in the form of a carbidonitridosilicate-based compound. An illuminant which is used for producing white light and comprises a light emitting element and said luminescent substance are also disclosed.

Carbidonitridosilicate luminescent substance

The invention relates to a light emitting device having a radiation emitting element, for example a light emitting diode, and a luminescent material which is able to absorb a part of the radiation sent out by the radiation emitting element and to send out light with a wavelength which is different from the wavelength of the absorbed radiation. The device further has diffusing particles which are able to scatter a part of the radiation sent out by the radiation emitting element, and/or to scatter a part of the light sent out by the luminescent material. The diffusing particles are of non-activated luminescent material, through which production is simplified.

Light emitting device with a non-activated luminescent material

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