EP3079921A2 - Sicherheitselement mit uv-anregbarem feldabhängigem effekt - Google Patents
Sicherheitselement mit uv-anregbarem feldabhängigem effektInfo
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- EP3079921A2 EP3079921A2 EP14820774.9A EP14820774A EP3079921A2 EP 3079921 A2 EP3079921 A2 EP 3079921A2 EP 14820774 A EP14820774 A EP 14820774A EP 3079921 A2 EP3079921 A2 EP 3079921A2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
- B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
- B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
- B42D25/378—Special inks
- B42D25/387—Special inks absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet light
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
- B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
- B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
- B42D25/369—Magnetised or magnetisable materials
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
- G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
- G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
- G07D7/1205—Testing spectral properties
Definitions
- the invention generally relates to a security element with a UV-excitable effect, a method for verifying such a security element, a method for producing a security document and a structural color.
- Luminescence is the emission of light during or after a previous excitation. The luminescence is usually distinguished according to the type of excitation. If the excitation is triggered by one or more photons, it is called photoluminescence. In general, a photoluminescence is excited by an irradiation of UV light. The emission light emitted during luminescence generally has a greater wavelength than the excitation radiation. When excited with UV light, for example, luminescent light in the visible
- Wavelength range emitted Wavelength range emitted.
- a luminescent effect in a security feature or security element can be used to authenticate the object provided with the security feature or security element, and possibly also its security feature
- a security document with a security feature which has a semiconductor region, which at least a first
- a security document designed in this way shows luminescence upon UV excitation. In this case, it is possible to record the luminescence intensity in a time-resolved manner immediately after a luminescence excitation. This gives the possibility to determine a time constant of the decay behavior. In the case of the security documents described, a decay behavior of the. Can be achieved by applying a voltage to the semiconductor layers
- Luminescence be significantly influenced, so in addition to the presence of a Luminescence also at least one other property of the luminescence can be evaluated.
- Microparticles is brought into alignment with each other and arranged in a crystal structure.
- printing inks which have a multiplicity of particles in a printing medium which are dispersed in the medium and have electrical or magnetic properties such that they align with one another in a crystal structure when an electric or magnetic field is used.
- This crystal structure ensures that light of a certain wavelength can propagate only along certain directions or not at all in the crystal structure and is reflected accordingly. This causes a color impression due to the wavelength-selectively reflected light.
- a body color can be spoken of a structural color, since a geometric arrangement of the colloidal particles is responsible for the expression of the color.
- DE 10 2009 024 447 A1 discloses a security element with an optical appearance that can be changed by an external magnetic field. It is envisaged that the security element has a multiplicity of microcapsules which contain a suspension of a carrier liquid and magnetic nanoparticles which reversibly form a photonic crystal in an external magnetic field in the microcapsules.
- the invention is based on the idea of further developing the structure colors known from the prior art, which have an optical effect similar to that of a photonic crystal, and / or to combine them with another printing ink in order to obtain novel effects.
- luminescent pigments or a luminescent color are used.
- the effort to produce such a security element is significantly increased, so that a forgery is difficult.
- Entities having at least one security feature are called
- any physically trained object that includes at least one security feature is a security element.
- Security documents include, but are not limited to, ID cards, driver's licenses, identity cards, banknotes, postage stamps, visas, and counterfeit-proofed labels and packages, tickets, and the like.
- Pigments which show emission of light as a result of excitation, for example irradiation of UV light, are referred to as luminescent pigment.
- the emission caused by the excitation is referred to as luminescence, the excitation as luminescence excitation.
- a preparation that can be used to print information is also referred to as ink or ink.
- a preparation whose color impression produced in the printed condition is caused by pigments absorbing certain wavelengths of light independently of environmental conditions and / or excitation and / or
- body colors remit / reflect are called body colors.
- printing preparations which are structural inks.
- printing formulations comprising a plurality of nano- or microparticles having electrical or magnetic properties which are arranged in an electric or magnetic field relative to each other in a crystal-like regular structure.
- the crystal-like structures can be photonic crystals.
- a photonic crystal is a regular periodic structure that promotes or suppresses light propagation for single or multiple wavelengths due to quantum mechanical effects. This creates a color impression of the corresponding photonic crystal.
- Structural inks which have a changed color impression upon excitation are likewise described in EP 2 463 11 1 A2. These may be formed such that the printing preparation comprises microcapsules enclosing a substrate in which in turn a plurality of colloidal particles is arranged, which again a have electrical or magnetic property and arrange in an electric or magnetic field relative to each other to a crystal or a crystal-like structure.
- the colloidal particles may be, for example, charged particles comprising, for example, aluminum, copper, silver, tin, titanium, tungsten, zirconium, zinc, silicon, iron, nickel, goblin or the like.
- the particles may further comprise a substance containing a polymer material, for example, polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), etc.
- uncharged particles may have a be charged material loaded.
- particles may be coated with metal inorganic oxides such as silicon oxide SiO x , titanium oxide TiO x , etc. But also coated with polymer materials, with
- Ion exchange resins coated particles and many more can be used. A large number of exemplary embodiments are described in EP 2 463 11 1 A2.
- the substance in which the colloidal particles are arranged in the microcapsules may be a phase change material. This means that the material can be present in different phases, which have a different viscosity. Depending on the phase in which the substance is located, the colloidal particles dispersed therein may or may not align to form a crystal structure upon external excitation. Also, it is possible that a crystal structure induced by external excitation in one phase of the substance is "frozen” by a change of the phase of the substance, so that the crystal structure remains even after removal / removal of the excitation to orient the colloidal particles preserved.
- the viscosity of the substance in the microcapsules, in which the colloidal particles are dispersed, which arrange themselves upon application of an electric or magnetic field to a crystal structure, is always maintained.
- An electrorheological fluid is a fluid whose viscosity is adjustable or controllable via an electric field strength. In a room where no electric field is applied, an electrorheological fluid has a low viscosity. Colloidal particles dispersed therein thus have high mobility. When an electric field is applied, the viscosity sharply increases, so that mobility of particles dispersed therein is greatly restricted or inhibited.
- a magnetorheological fluid is a fluid whose viscosity is adjustable or controllable via a magnetic field strength. In a space where no magnetic field is applied, a magnetorheological fluid has a low viscosity. Colloidal particles dispersed therein thus have high mobility. When a magnetic field is applied, the viscosity sharply increases, so that mobility of particles dispersed therein is greatly restricted or inhibited.
- magnetic field are present.
- this is understood to mean the absence of an externally specifically set electric or magnetic field.
- a field caused by magnetic particles or electrically charged particles intrinsically present in an article is left unattended.
- the magnetic field strength caused by the earth's magnetic field is considered to be insignificant, so that a space is field-free despite the existing geomagnetic field, if no additional magnetic field is present in the room.
- the space is considered to be field-free if there is no electric field, even if, for example, a magnetic field is applied to affect a magenta-rheological fluid in the room in terms of its viscosity.
- the space is field-free if there is no "outer" magnetic field with a field strength in the space that is greater than the field strength of the Earth's magnetic field.
- Structure excitation in the structure color influences an influence of light with the wavelength ⁇ .
- ⁇ ,) indicates that the
- Structure excitation causes the structure color to affect light with a luminescence wavelength ⁇ .
- Printing preparations or printing inks or inks which, in the case of a luminescence excitation, in particular an irradiation of UV light, emit light, ie a
- Luminescence show, are referred to as luminescent.
- Decay behavior is understood as the decrease of intensity in a time sequence.
- a characteristic time constant is a determined time which, in combination with a statistical function, can describe a decay behavior of a measured variable.
- Decay behavior follows a Poisson statistic, for example, a half-life, i. the period of time in which the value of the detected quantity is halved, or a so-called lifetime is determined as the characteristic time instant, the lifetime indicating the period in which the measured quantity is reduced to 1: 1
- the UV-excitable effect security element of the invention comprises a structural color comprising microcapsules containing colloidal particles which can be arranged in a crystal-like structure and / or by means of a structure excitation comprising forming an electric and / or magnetic field can be reorganized, wherein the crystal-like structure via the structure excitation influenceable and / or adjustable reflection and / or transmission properties has for light, wherein additionally luminescent pigments are provided which show a luminescence in a luminescence excitation, which takes place via an irradiation of UV light, and the luminescent pigments are arranged so that an observable luminescence is dependent on the pattern excitation by means of the electrical and / or magnetic field.
- Wavelength range is emitted in the given luminescence pigments show a luminescence in the UV excitation, during or immediately after the luminescence excitation;
- Security element is placed in a structure-induced state; and d) renewed or continued luminescent excitation and
- the luminescent pigments are arranged in the microcapsules themselves, in which the colloidal particles, which are preferably particles with a diameter in the nanometer range, are dispersed in a medium or a substance in which they arrange in the structure excitation to the crystal-like structure or, if they are already arranged in a field-free space in a crystal-like structure, change their structure, the optical properties of the crystal-like structure change with regard to reflection and / or transmission of light in the range of at least one wavelength of the luminescence light. At least part of the luminescent pigments is thus included in the Kritallgitter
- the preferred propagation or transmission directions for the luminescent light in all microcapsules are with respect to a coordinate system which is more or less the same
- Structural excitation or its field is coupled, the same orientation, so that macroscopically the exit directions from the different microcapsules formed in the crystal-like structures are collinear to each other and so a macroscopic
- a verification method is carried out such that when the emission light is detected, an intensity of the emission light is used in each case as the one or more properties.
- Lumineszenzpigments from which emits the luminescent radiation emitting transition This life extension is based on the decay behavior determine the luminescence. Clearly, this extension results from the fact that compared to the usual luminescence emission, which is statistically isotropic in all
- Luminescence emitted luminescence of the luminescent pigments are and in a structure excited state in which an electrical and / or magnetic field are formed on the structure excitation, transmission for light of at least one wavelength or another wavelength of the luminescence emitted in the luminescence light is at least limited.
- the reason for this is the arrangement of the colloidal particles in the crystal structure.
- a verification thus provides that upon detection of the emission light, in each case one intensity of the emission light is resolved in a time-resolved manner immediately after termination of the emission light
- Decay behavior of the intensity of the emission light is derived and the time constant is used for the comparison.
- a lifetime of a luminescence transition can also be influenced by other effects, so that a
- Verification method which uses a change in the determined life as a function of the structure excitation as a verification condition is superior. Moreover, it is not necessary to have a precise wavelength determination which would otherwise be necessary to prevent the lifetime from being produced by a skilful mixture of different luminescent pigments which have different lifetimes and would overlap in an integral measurement such that an expected decay behavior of the Luminescence would be achieved. In one embodiment, it is provided that in the structure-excited state, the luminescence emission has a directional dependence.
- the luminescence has a changed time behavior of the luminescence intensity with pulsed UV excitation between the non-structure-excited state and the structure-excited state.
- the luminescent pigments are not contained in the microcapsules.
- a first embodiment it is provided that the luminescent pigments are not contained in the microcapsules.
- the colloidal ponds are configured such that they have a reflectivity or at least an increased reflectivity with respect to the respective other excited state for that wavelength in the field-free space or alternatively and preferably in the structure-excited state, with which the
- Luminescence excitation is performed.
- an appropriate size of the colloidal particles is to be adapted such that a crystal lattice-like structure is formed which has a reflection for light, for example at a wavelength of 365 nm or at a wavelength of 254 nm, in the ultraviolet wavelength range, preferably in the structure-excited state, both are common wavelengths for UV excitation.
- the ultraviolet light of the luminescence excitation which passes through the luminescent color printed layer upon excitation thus becomes excellent in structure color
- the microcapsules and the colloidal particles contained therein are such that, at least for some angles of incidence in the non-structure-excited state, they have no or low reflectivity for UV excitation light
- Luminescence excitation under the structure excited state for this at least some Einstrahlwinkel have a relation to the non-structure excited state higher reflectivity for the UV excitation light of the excitation radiation.
- Luminescence excitation directed to direct UV light and to vary a radiation of UV light during the detection of the emission light, so that a dependent of the excitation direction detection of the emission light takes place and is used as one or more properties of the direction of irradiation dependent luminescence.
- the luminescence intensity can be detected in a time-resolved manner and in each case the different ones
- Beam directions are assigned. With the time-resolved detection is thus accompanied by a temporally staggered change in the direction of irradiation, so that a certain irradiation is associated with a certain detection time.
- Luminescence excitation takes place from the side of the luminescent color layer, which faces away from the layer on which the structure color is located. For example, on a substrate of a security document, first the texture color and above that
- Lumineszenzde imprinted so is a Auflichtbetrachtung, in which the observation and detection of the emission light from the side, of which also the
- Luminescence excitation is carried out, and observed the effect just described. If the substrate or a security document is transparent in the area of the security element, at least for the luminescent light, then a similar effect can also be observed in transmission. In this case, a correspondingly reduced luminescence can be observed under those irradiation directions under which there is an increased reflection in the structure-excited state at the crystal lattice-like structure in the microcapsules. It is assumed here that the microcapsules are transparent in the field-free space for the wavelength of the luminescence excitation. In a further embodiment, it is provided that the structure color in the first layer is laterally structured and the luminescence color in the second layer is formed flat over it homogeneously. In such an embodiment, both in transmission and in remission are position-dependent luminescence effects
- Lumineszenzde are printed on a Auflichtbetrachtung below the luminescent color.
- a structural paint comprising a medium comprising a plurality of microcapsules and a binder, the microcapsules comprising a substance each containing a plurality of colloidal particles which are in an electric field or in one Arrange magnetic field within their microcapsules each to a crystal-like structure, wherein the crystal-like structure influences a transmission and / or reflection of light of at least one wavelength, wherein in the substance in the microcapsules in addition
- Luminescent pigments are contained, which can be excited via a luminescence excitation in the form of a UV light irradiation to a luminescence.
- This is understood to mean that this UV excitation can take place if the luminescent pigments are not incorporated into the microcapsules, namely, as described above, in the microcapsules, if appropriate, such that no luminescence is present in the excited state or no luminescence under certain directions of irradiation is observable, since propagation of the luminescent light through the crystal structure is prevented or excitation entirely omitted.
- An embodiment of the security elements may be made by a method comprising the steps of: providing a substrate layer; imprint a first layer by means of a structural paint; Imprinting a second layer which at least partially covers the first layer with a luminescent color.
- a structure color is used which contains no luminescent pigments. If the structure color in the microcapsules themselves contains the luminescent pigments, then a corresponding security element can be produced by printing this structure color.
- Lumineszenzpigmenten different luminescent pigments are arranged as constituents of a different color of the structure of luminescent color in a second layer over the first layer, wherein a luminescence of the other
- Lumineszenzpigmente is different from the luminescence of the luminescent.
- the effects already described above, which occur during the incorporation of the luminescence pigments into the crystal structure, can occur in addition to the other effects described above. These other effects now occur for the luminescence of the further luminescent pigments.
- the structure color in the first layer is laterally structured and the luminescence color is homogeneously formed with the further luminescence pigments in the second layer over it. Spatially resolved, the different effects for the different luminescent pigments can occur. Different information can be saved via this.
- the verification method can in particular be developed such that it is investigated as the one or more properties whether different direction-dependent luminescence intensities and / or UV light irradiation direction depend on two different wavelengths in which luminescence of different luminescent pigments occurs upon excitation Luminescence intensities and / the different Lumineszenzintensityabkling and / or
- 1 a - 1 c are schematic representations of a microcapsule of a structural color for
- Fig. 2a - 2c is a schematic representation of microcapsules for explaining a
- 3a shows schematic plan views of a security document with a
- a security element according to a first embodiment, wherein a structural color is used, wherein the microcapsules of the structural color luminescent pigments include; a schematic sectional view of a security document according to Fig 3a;
- 4a, 4b are schematic representations of a security document similar to that of Figures 3a and 3b during a luminescence excitation without a structure excitation (4a) and with a structure excitation (4b).
- FIG. 5a, 5b are schematic representations for explaining a Abkling s depending on a present structure excitation, wherein in Figure 5a is no structure stimulation and in Figure 5b is a structure excitation.
- FIG. 6a shows a schematic exploded view of another embodiment of a security document with a security element, in which a structural color and above a luminescent color are printed; a schematic sectional view of such a security document; a further schematic sectional view through an alternative
- FIGS. 7a-7c show schematic views of a security document according to FIGS. 6a and 6b during luminescence excitation in incident light (FIGS. 7a, 7b) and in transmission (7b, 7c);
- FIGS. 8a-8d show explanations of an angle-dependent irradiation of the UV light in each case without and with structure excitation for different angles (FIGS. 8a-8c) and a graphic plot of the detected luminescence intensity at a position at which a luminescence color is printed over the structure color in dependence from time (8d), wherein Figs. 8a to 8d respectively illustrate the situation in incident light excitation and viewing;
- Fig. 10 is a schematic flow diagram of a verification method
- 1 is a schematic representation of the crystal structure for illustrating a directional dependence of the transmission / emission of luminescent light; and a schematic illustration for explaining the luminescence increase due to a structure color reflected in the UV-wavelength range in the structure-excited state.
- Microcapsules 10 included. The same technical features are provided in the figures with the same reference numerals.
- a structure color contains a multiplicity of such microcapsules, which are responsible for the color impression of the structure color.
- Microcapsules 10 each have a shell 11 containing a transparent substance 12 with colloidal particles contained therein, e.g. Nanoparticles 13, includes.
- the sheath 1 1 is formed of a transparent material.
- the substrate 12 is also transparent and constitutes a fluid in which the nanoparticles 13 can move in the embodiments according to FIGS. 1 a to 1 c, 2 a to 2 c.
- the nanoparticles are for example clusters of iron oxide with a charged layer or plastic nanospheres with a charged coating. In other embodiments, too
- the colloidal nanoparticles in the field-free space which is shown in Fig. 1 a, arranged irregularly.
- the microcapsules 10 of the colloidal nanoparticles have no special optical property, so that they do not significantly influence the color impression of the structure color in which they are contained. This can thus be regarded, for example, as almost transparent in the printed state.
- E1 electric field with a field strength
- the charged nanoparticles align themselves to form a lattice-like crystal structure 15. This is shown in FIGS. 1 b and 1 c. Since the nanoparticles themselves carry a charge, this leads to a repulsion between them.
- a ratio of the electric field strength E1 or E2 to the own repulsion due to the charge determines a lattice spacing of the nanoparticles.
- the crystal structure thus formed has characteristics of a photonic crystal. In this, for some wavelengths, propagation is only along certain
- a red wavelength component is reflected at the field strength E 1, for example when illuminated with white light of a black body radiator. If the electric field strength is increased to a value E2> E1, a distance between the nanoparticles is reduced, since the ratio between the force due to the external electric field and the electric field
- FIGS. 2a to 2c another embodiment of microcapsules 10 is shown schematically. These differ in that the colloidal particles already in the field-free space in the microcapsule 10 have a crystal structure 15, so that from the white light of a blackbody ray a red color component is reflected. When the field strength is increased, the distance between the particles in the crystal lattice decreases, so that now a green color component is reflected. If the field strength is further increased (FIG. 2c), the grid spacing becomes even smaller, so that again a blue color component is reflected again.
- FIG. 3a the plan view of a security document 100 is shown schematically, on which a security element 1 10 in the form of a printing with a here as
- Lumineszenz Briefly designated printing preparation is applied.
- Lumineszenz Concept is called a printing preparation in the
- Luminescent pigments are contained in the microcapsules of the structural color.
- the security element is formed as a rectangular printing on a substrate. It is understood that any structure and graphics could be printed with the luminescent structure color.
- Fig. 3b is a sectional view of the security document 100 is shown.
- a document body which is formed from one or more substrate layers 160.
- a surface 165 of one of the substrate layers 160 is printed with a luminescent structure ink 170.
- a cover layer 180 is arranged, which is transparent both for luminescence light in the visible wavelength range and for UV light for exciting a luminescence.
- the substrate layers 160 may be transparent or opaque or, for example, only in the region in which the surface 165 with the
- Lumineszenz Design Unit 170 is printed, have a transparent window for the UV excitation and / or the luminescent light.
- FIG. 4 a shows a schematic plan view of the security document according to FIGS. 3 a and 3 b while a UV excitation is taking place.
- the security element 1 10 is in the field-free space. Shown are images of the security document 100 to be observed at different angles, which are designated by reference symbols 201, 202 and 203 for viewing angles ⁇ 1, oc2, oc3 against a surface normal 190 of the document 100. All three views for the different viewing angles show an identical luminescence in the area of the security element 1 10. A luminescence intensity is indicated by a hatching. The stronger the hatching, the higher the Luminescence intensity. This convention is followed in all figures of this application. The same technical features are provided in all figures with identical reference numerals.
- FIG. 4b shows the same security document with identical luminescence excitation.
- an electric field ⁇ 3 ⁇ ( ⁇ ⁇
- _) is applied as a structure excitation whose field strength is such that a lattice structure is formed in the luminescent structure color due to the colloidal particles contained therein, which for the wavelength of the luminescent light, ie for at least a spectral line of the luminescent light, a limitation of the transmission at least for one
- the field strength is to be selected in accordance with the wavelength of the light whose propagation is to influence the crystal-like structure, and the design of the colloidal ponds of the structure color.
- the electric field strength is selected in the illustrated embodiment, without limiting the generality parallel to the surface normal 190. It can be seen that the views 201 -1 to 201 -3 in the range of
- Security elements 1 10 show a different strong luminescence. This can be explained by the fact that for some excellent directions a constructive
- Fig. 1 this is indicated schematically.
- the crystal structure 15 individual levels 17, 18, which, if a distance d 0 , di these levels 17, 18 corresponds to half the wavelength, lead to a destructive interference.
- There two exemplary lattice planes are shown, which have a different spacing of the lattice planes.
- the first index gives the reference to the intensity
- Lattice planes 18 take place an emission or a transmission.
- the emission of the luminescent pigments 16 has different strengths among the various directions of excellence. This is indicated by way of example in FIG. 4. From the fact that not all emission directions are possible and no isotropic spread of the Luminescent light of luminescent takes place, which are involved in the lattice structure, the life for the state from which the radiative decay occurs in the emission of the luminescent light also changes.
- Luminescence intensity is detected. This is indicated in a graph in which the intensity is plotted against time. From this curve can be a
- Derive life ⁇ 1 of the excited state is either plotted on logarithmic paper and a straight line gradient is determined, or an adaptation of an exponential decay function to the detected intensity values is carried out.
- Crystal lattice structure formation in the microcapsules of the luminescent structure leads, which affects a wavelength ⁇
- Fig. 6a another embodiment of a security document is shown as a schematic exploded view.
- Printed on a substrate 160 or a lamination body is a schematically represented letter "A" having a structure color 210 which does not comprise any fluorescent pigments and is designed to be either in the field-free state or preferably in the structure-excited state
- the microcapsules are preferably transparent in the field-free space for a UV excitation of the wavelength of 365 nm or 254 nm and accordingly leave a transmission of light in the wavelength range of 365 in the structure-excited state nm or 254 nm only under certain spatial directions and thus show an increased reflectivity under other solid angles.
- a second, completely closed layer with a luminescent color 220 is printed over the first layer printed with the structure ink, which shows a luminescence upon excitation with UV light.
- Luminescent color is designed so that it shows no change even when structurally excited.
- a cover layer 180 is provided between the structure color and the luminescent color.
- one or more substrate layers may be arranged.
- FIG. 6 b shows a schematic sectional view in which the luminescent color 220 is printed directly on the structure color 220.
- FIG. 6c shows an alternative embodiment in which a substrate layer, which is designated as intermediate layer 260, is arranged between the structure color 210 and the luminescent color 220.
- FIGS. 7a to 7c On the basis of FIGS. 7a to 7c will be explained by way of example how the
- Luminescence behavior varies depending on the pattern excitation, both in incident light excitation and in transmission excitation. If the excitation takes place from the same side as the observation, through the luminescent color layer, then in the case of a structure excitation with a field strength, which is a
- Crystal lattice structure forms so that the UV excitation light is reflected at least under individual directions of irradiation, the spatial structure of the structure color recognizable that a luminescence at these locations where the structure color is formed below the luminescent color can be seen. This is due to the fact that the portion of the UV excitation light passing through the luminescent color layer is at least partially reflected by the structure color and thus an excitation probability of the luminescent pigments is increased. This presupposes that an intensity of the UV excitation light is chosen such that a luminescence of the luminescence color layer is not saturated. This means that if you increase the intensity of the
- Substrate layer surface 165 of a substrate layer 160 a structure color 210 is printed, which contains no luminescent pigments.
- a luminescent color 220 is printed on a top 265 one Intermediate layer 260.
- Luminescence excitation 120 is used, in terms of transmission and reflection influenced, preferably reflected at some or all angles of incidence.
- a luminescence 130 or better said intensity, is greater when the feature color is located below the luminescent color.
- the intensity of the intensity is indicated by the arrow lengths of the luminescence 130.
- Fig. 7b the case is shown in which the structure excitation is not present. Both in transmission and in incident light excitation uniform homogeneous luminescence for the surface of the security element 1 10 is observed.
- Fig. 7c the case is shown in which the structure excitation prevails again, but the excitation takes place in transmission, i. through the pattern color layer into the luminescent color layer and observation from the side of the luminescent color layer. Since part of the excitation light is reflected on the structure color, luminescence excitation is reduced in those areas where the structure color is below the luminescent color. Thus, a luminescence intensity in the region of the structure color is lower, so that the letter "A" can be observed virtually inversely, that is to say with less or no luminescence intensity in the security element.
- FIGS. 8a to 8d an angle dependence of the UV excitation is explained schematically.
- the excitation and emission detection geometry is shown schematically on the left in FIGS. 8a to 8c. It is excited with directed UV light, wherein in each case an angle relative to the surface normal 190 is measured.
- a spatially resolved detection of the luminescence in the field-free state is shown and, on the right, a spatially resolved luminescence detection with predominant structure excitation, wherein the generated crystal structure influences the luminescence excitation radiation.
- the three measurements at the angles ⁇ 1, oc2 and oc3 are performed successively at the times corresponding to t1, t2 and t3. It can be seen that no angle dependence is observed in the field-free state.
- FIG. 8b the intensity in a bit 230 or a pixel of the security element in which the structure color is printed is schematically plotted schematically for the three times or three angles. It can be seen that an angle-dependent luminescence intensity can be recognized in the region in which the structure color is printed under the luminescence color.
- FIGS. 9a to 9d The same situation for the viewing geometry is shown in FIGS. 9a to 9d, in which the excitation takes place in transmission through the document and the luminescent color is observed from the opposite side, under which the structure color is again printed in part as letter "A" is.
- the angle dependence can also be seen here, but the luminescence in the area of the structure color is attenuated.
- FIG. 10 schematically shows a flow chart of a verification method 500.
- a security document with a security element is provided 510.
- a field clearance in the area of the security element is brought about 520.
- a luminescence excitation 530 takes place.
- an emission light detection 540 takes place.
- the luminescence excitation for example, a spatially resolved
- Luminescence detection 541 done or an excitation angle dependent
- Lumineszenzer internally processed 542 or following the luminescence excitation time-resolved emission intensity detection 543. Subsequently, a
- Structure excitation carried out, for example, by generating an electric field in the region of the security element or a magnetic field, so that a structural excitation of the structure color or the luminescent structure takes place.
- a UV excitation 630 and a corresponding emission light detection 640 take place. This can be a spatially resolved emission light detection 641 and / or a
- excitation-angle-dependent emission light intensity detection 642 and / or a time-resolved emission light detection 643 executed subsequent to the UV excitation 630. From those recorded in steps 540 and 640
- Emission light intensities are derived 710 properties, for example a luminescence light intensity or a time constant of the decay behavior, and
- a comparison 720 is executed. Based on the comparison, a
- Verification decision derived 730 for example, a document can be considered genuine be verified if a difference in the luminescence time constant between the field-free and structure-excited state is determined. As not real becomes one
- electrodes can be or are formed on diametrically opposite sides of the security element, for example.
- transparent electrodes of zinc sulfide (ZnS) can be produced.
- a coil can be formed around the security element.
- a helical conductive structure may be applied to a substrate layer, e.g. to be printed.
- terminals may be routed to a document surface to apply a voltage to the electrodes or to supply a current to the coil.
- Crystal structure leads, the light of the wavelength ⁇
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