Optical Nanomaterials and Enabling Technologies for High-Security-Level Anticounterfeiting

Upconversion amplification through dielectric superlensing modulation

(2019) Liangliang Liang et al.   Nature Communications

Inkjet-Printed Multiwavelength Thermoplasmonic Images for Anticounterfeiting Applications

(2018) Hongki Kang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Quenching Pathways in NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+ Upconversion Nanocrystals

(2018) Freddy T. Rabouw et al.   ACS Nano

Simultaneously Excited Downshifting/Upconversion Luminescence from Lanthanide-Doped Core/Shell Fluoride Nanoparticles for Multimode Anticounterfeiting

(2018) Jing Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Er3+ Sensitized Photon Upconversion Nanocrystals

(2018) Xingwen Cheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Conversion of Carbon Dots from Fluorescence to Ultralong Room-Temperature Phosphorescence by Heating for Security Applications

(2018) Kai Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Excitation-wavelength-dependent photoluminescence of silicon nanoparticles enabled by adjustment of surface ligands

(2018) Xiao-Bin Shen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stable Inks Containing Upconverting Nanoparticles Based on an Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsion

(2018) Jeevan M. Meruga et al.   LANGMUIR

DNA-Mediated Size-Selective Nanoparticle Assembly for Multiplexed Surface Encoding

(2018) Qing-Yuan Lin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dual-mode emission of single-layered graphene quantum dots in confined nanospace: Anti-counterfeiting and sensor applications

(2018) Liqian Bai et al.   Nano Research

Activation of the surface dark-layer to enhance upconversion in a thermal field

(2018) Jiajia Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

Near-infrared-excitable perovskite quantum dots via coupling with upconversion nanoparticles for dual-model anti-counterfeiting

(2018) Mengnan Rao et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Anisotropic functionalization of upconversion nanoparticles

(2018) Wei Ren et al.   Chemical Science

Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles

(2018) Shihui Wen et al.   Nature Communications

Carbon Dot Fluorescence-Lifetime-Encoded Anti-Counterfeiting

(2018) Sergii Kalytchuk et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

CH3NH3PbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals Encapsulated in Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Photoluminescence Converter for Anti-Counterfeiting

(2018) Diwei Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Protective Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Fluorine and Nitrogen Codoped Carbon Dots

(2018) Peng Long et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Capacity Upconversion Wavelength and Lifetime Binary Encoding for Multiplexed Biodetection

(2018) Lei Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct cation exchange of surface ligand capped upconversion nanocrystals to produce strong luminescence

(2018) Ming Guan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Large-scale synthesis of uniform lanthanide-doped NaREF4 upconversion/downshifting nanoprobes for bioapplications

(2018) Wenwu You et al.   Nanoscale

Optical metasurfaces: new generation building blocks for multi-functional optics

(2018) Dragomir Neshev et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Printable Monodisperse All-Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Banknotes Protection Applications

(2018) Huanjun Wang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Luminescent films functionalized with cellulose nanofibrils/CdTe quantum dots for anti-counterfeiting applications

(2018) Xiaowan Li et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Broadband dye-sensitized upconversion: A promising new platform for future solar upconverter design

(2017) Xiaoyong Huang   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Structural Color Patterns on Paper Fabricated by Inkjet Printer and Their Application in Anticounterfeiting

(2017) Suli Wu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Selective Cation Exchange Enabled Growth of Lanthanide Core/Shell Nanoparticles with Dissimilar Structure

(2017) Hao Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Phase angle encoded upconversion luminescent nanocrystals for multiplexing applications

(2017) Haichun Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Anti-counterfeiting patterns encrypted with multi-mode luminescent nanotaggants

(2017) Tianying Sun et al.   Nanoscale

Highly fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots with excellent thermal and photo stability applied as invisible ink for loading important information and anti-counterfeiting

(2017) Yingbo Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Employing shells to eliminate concentration quenching in photonic upconversion nanostructure

(2017) Jing Zuo et al.   Nanoscale

Emission color tuning of core/shell upconversion nanoparticles through modulation of laser power or temperature

(2017) Qiyue Shao et al.   Nanoscale

Conversion of invisible metal-organic frameworks to luminescent perovskite nanocrystals for confidential information encryption and decryption

(2017) Congyang Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Binary temporal upconversion codes of Mn2+-activated nanoparticles for multilevel anti-counterfeiting

(2017) Xiaowang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Orthogonal Multiplexed Luminescence Encoding with Near-Infrared Rechargeable Upconverting Persistent Luminescence Composites

(2017) Lidan Hu et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Facile synthesis and screen printing of dual-mode luminescent NaYF4:Er,Yb (Tm)/carbon dots for anti-counterfeiting applications

(2017) Mengxiao Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Near-infrared-light-mediated high-throughput information encryption based on the inkjet printing of upconversion nanoparticles

(2017) Qinqin Ma et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Fluorescent and magnetic anti-counterfeiting realized by biocompatible multifunctional silicon nanoshuttle-based security ink

(2017) Bin Song et al.   Nanoscale

On-line Ammonia Sensor and Invisible Security Ink by Fluorescent Zwitterionic Spirocyclic Meisenheimer Complex

(2017) Tanmay Das et al.   Scientific Reports

Upconversion Modulation through Pulsed Laser Excitation for Anti-counterfeiting

(2017) Yingdong Han et al.   Scientific Reports

Dual-Mode Encoded Magnetic Composite Microsphere Based on Fluorescence Reporters and Raman Probes as Covert Tag for Anticounterfeiting Applications

(2016) Ruimin Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Plasmonic Nanoparticles as a Physically Unclonable Function for Responsive Anti-Counterfeit Nanofingerprints

(2016) Alison F. Smith et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Unclonable Plasmonic Security Labels Achieved by Shadow-Mask-Lithography-Assisted Self-Assembly

(2016) Yuanhui Zheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ultra-Wideband Multi-Dye-Sensitized Upconverting Nanoparticles for Information Security Application

(2016) Jongha Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Local Field Modulation Induced Three-Order Upconversion Enhancement: Combining Surface Plasmon Effect and Photonic Crystal Effect

(2016) Ze Yin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Triple-Mode Emission of Carbon Dots: Applications for Advanced Anti-Counterfeiting

(2016) Kai Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Invisible Security Ink Based on Water-Soluble Graphitic Carbon Nitride Quantum Dots

(2016) Zhiping Song et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Filtration Shell Mediated Power Density Independent Orthogonal Excitations-Emissions Upconversion Luminescence

(2016) Xiaomin Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lensless Imaging and Sensing

(2016) Aydogan Ozcan et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Plant-derived fluorescent silicon nanoparticles featuring excitation wavelength-dependent fluorescence spectra for anti-counterfeiting applications

(2016) Yanyan Wu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Use of CdS quantum dot-functionalized cellulose nanocrystal films for anti-counterfeiting applications

(2016) L. Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Three-dimensional quick response code based on inkjet printing of upconversion fluorescent nanoparticles for drug anti-counterfeiting

(2016) Minli You et al.   Nanoscale

Future prospects of luminescent nanomaterial based security inks: from synthesis to anti-counterfeiting applications

(2016) Pawan Kumar et al.   Nanoscale

Screen-printed nanoparticles as anti-counterfeiting tags

(2016) Carlos Campos-Cuerva et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Multicolour synthesis in lanthanide-doped nanocrystals through cation exchange in water

(2016) Sanyang Han et al.   Nature Communications

Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals

(2016) Deming Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Temperature-feedback upconversion nanocomposite for accurate photothermal therapy at facile temperature

(2016) Xingjun Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Large-scale synthesis and screen printing of upconversion hexagonal-phase NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+/Er3+/Eu3+ plates for security applications

(2016) Weijing Yao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Intense white emission from a single-upconversion nanoparticle and tunable emission colour with laser power

(2016) Min Hu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Emission stability and reversibility of upconversion nanocrystals

(2016) Deming Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Inkjet Printing Based Mono-layered Photonic Crystal Patterning for Anti-counterfeiting Structural Colors

(2016) Hyunmoon Nam et al.   Scientific Reports

White-Light Emission from an Integrated Upconversion Nanostructure: Toward Multicolor Displays Modulated by Laser Power

(2015) Cheng Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Energy-Cascaded Upconversion in an Organic Dye-Sensitized Core/Shell Fluoride Nanocrystal

(2015) Guanying Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Tailoring dye-sensitized upconversion nanoparticle excitation bands towards excitation wavelength selective imaging

(2015) Xiang Wu et al.   Nanoscale

Inkjet printing of upconversion nanoparticles for anti-counterfeit applications

(2015) Minli You et al.   Nanoscale

Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion

(2015) Renren Deng et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

(2015) Bo Zhou et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Simple and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dots from Honey: Application as Stable Security Ink and White-Light Emission

(2015) Sankarapillai Mahesh et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Patterning Fluorescent Quantum Dot Nanocomposites by Reactive Inkjet Printing

(2015) Bin Bao et al.   Small

Engineering of Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles for Optical Encoding

(2015) Kai Huang et al.   Small

Bio-Inspired Vapor-Responsive Colloidal Photonic Crystal Patterns by Inkjet Printing

(2014) Ling Bai et al.   ACS Nano

Detection of counterfeit electronic components through ambient mass spectrometry and chemometrics

(2014) Kevin P. Pfeuffer et al.   ANALYST

PEGylated NaLuF4: Yb/Er upconversion nanophosphors for in vivo synergistic fluorescence/X-ray bioimaging and long-lasting, real-time tracking

(2014) Zhigao Yi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Smartphone-interfaced lab-on-a-chip devices for field-deployable enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

(2014) Arnold Chen et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Upconversion Nanoparticles: Design, Nanochemistry, and Applications in Theranostics

(2014) Guanying Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

High-throughput fabrication of anti-counterfeiting colloid-based photoluminescent microtags using electrical nanoimprint lithography

(2014) R Diaz et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Red-green-blue printing using luminescence-upconversion inks

(2014) Jeevan Manikyarao Meruga et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Highly luminescent dual mode rare-earth nanorod assisted multi-stage excitable security ink for anti-counterfeiting applications

(2014) Pawan Kumar et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Remarkable enhancement of upconversion fluorescence and confocal imaging of PMMA Opal/NaYF4:Yb3+, Tm3+/Er3+ nanocrystals

(2013) Ze Yin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Long lifetime pure organic phosphorescence based on water soluble carbon dots

(2013) Yehao Deng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Colloidal Photonic Crystals toward Structural Color Palettes for Security Materials

(2013) Hye Soo Lee et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

3D assembly of upconverting NaYF4 nanocrystals by AFM nanoxerography: creation of anti-counterfeiting microtags

(2013) Neralagatta M. Sangeetha et al.   Nanoscale

Competition of shape and interaction patchiness for self-assembling nanoplates

(2013) Xingchen Ye et al.   Nature Chemistry

Enhancing multiphoton upconversion through energy clustering at sublattice level

(2013) Juan Wang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Single-nanocrystal sensitivity achieved by enhanced upconversion luminescence

(2013) Jiangbo Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Tunable lifetime multiplexing using luminescent nanocrystals

(2013) Yiqing Lu et al.   Nature Photonics

(α-NaYbF4:Tm3+)/CaF2 Core/Shell Nanoparticles with Efficient Near-Infrared to Near-Infrared Upconversion for High-Contrast Deep Tissue Bioimaging

(2012) Guanying Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Triple-functional core–shell structured upconversion luminescent nanoparticles covalently grafted with photosensitizer for luminescent, magnetic resonance imaging and photodynamic therapy in vitro

(2012) Xiao-Fei Qiao et al.   Nanoscale

Patterned direct-write and screen-printing of NIR-to-visible upconverting inks for security applications

(2012) Tyler Blumenthal et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Security printing of covert quick response codes using upconverting nanoparticle inks

(2012) Jeevan M Meruga et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Broadband dye-sensitized upconversion of near-infrared light

(2012) Wenqiang Zou et al.   Nature Photonics

Designing lanthanide-doped nanocrystals with both up- and down-conversion luminescence for anti-counterfeiting

(2011) Yanlan Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Australia’s Plastic Banknotes: Fighting Counterfeit Currency

(2010) Emma L. Prime et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Long-term in vivo biodistribution imaging and toxicity of polyacrylic acid-coated upconversion nanophosphors

(2010) Liqin Xiong et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Morphologically controlled synthesis of colloidal upconversion nanophosphors and their shape-directed self-assembly

(2010) X. Ye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Color-coded multilayer photopatterned microstructures using lanthanide (III) ion co-doped NaYF4nanoparticles with upconversion luminescence for possible applications in security

(2009) Won Jin Kim et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Structural colour printing using a magnetically tunable and lithographically fixable photonic crystal

(2009) Hyoki Kim et al.   Nature Photonics

Biocompatibility of silica coated NaYF4 upconversion fluorescent nanocrystals

(2008) Rufaihah Abdul Jalil et al.   BIOMATERIALS

An efficient and user-friendly method for the synthesis of hexagonal-phase NaYF4:Yb, Er/Tm nanocrystals with controllable shape and upconversion fluorescence

(2008) Zhengquan Li et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY