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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Hunter Mcdaniel, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventor:
Hunter McDaniel, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
UbiQD, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 11/03 (2014.01); C09D 5/22 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); C09D 11/037 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 5/22 (2013.01); C09D 11/037 (2013.01); G01N 21/6408 (2013.01); G01N 2201/062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A security ink is provided which includes a liquid medium having a plurality of quantum dots disposed therein. Upon excitation with a suitable light source, the ink exhibits a quantum yield greater than 30%, and a photoluminescence which has a lifetime of more than 40 nanoseconds and which varies by at least 5% across the emission spectrum of the quantum dots. Also disclosed are apparatuses for using the same for anti-counterfeit or authentication purposes, which uniquely identifying the presence of photoluminescent materials by spectrally resolving their photoluminescence lifetime.