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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2013
Applicants:

Fabrica Nacional DE Moneda Y Timbre-real Casa DE LA Moneda, Madrid, ES;

Nanogap Sub-nm Powder, Sociedad Anonima, Ames, ES;

Inventors:

Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Santiago de Compostela—A Coruna, ES;

Vicente Garcia Juez, Madrid, ES;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); B41M 3/14 (2006.01); C22C 5/02 (2006.01); C22C 5/06 (2006.01); C09K 11/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 3/144 (2013.01); C09K 11/58 (2013.01); C22C 5/02 (2013.01); C22C 5/06 (2013.01); G01N 21/64 (2013.01); G01N 21/6408 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of nanocompounds as non deactivable security markers comprising a charge-transfer complex of at least two different size metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs). These nanocompounds are luminescent, particularly fluorescent after external excitation. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers as well as to a method and a system for detecting the same.


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