Anticounterfeiting Technology – A Luminescent Path: Short Review

Abstract

In the recent years, there are number of problems related to counterfeit in drug industry, banking industry, insurance sector and range of products including fake university degrees, documents etc. There are number of products, which can be easily duplicated by simple processes and the product seems original that nobody doubts. Even the counterfeit of currency is also a main problem in world’s economy. So there are number of anti-counterfeiting technologies including electronic combat mechanism are available in the market to prevent these antisocial activities. Printing ink is very useful as per the security purpose to write down confidential documents or sign. Fluorescent material-based inks can be difficult to counterfeit and relatively easier to handle. This ink has diverse properties in different materials so that it can be a very good option to frame an anticounterfeiting technique. This article explains about the brief overview of anticounterfeiting technology and different methods of it. It also explains the applications of fluorescent based security ink to prevent the counterfeiting of the products and documents. This can be a reliable source for the security purpose to make the confidential documents secure. The review article also describes the concept of luminescence and its applicability for further development in various sectors.