Development of loaded microspheres for tamper-activated security features
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
The ongoing technological fight against counterfeiting demands the development of new anti-counterfeiting strategies based on novel material systems. In this work, we report on a unique material system, employing porous-wall hollow glass microspheres as versatile carriers for functional security materials. To evaluate the feasibility of using these glass microspheres in anticounterfeiting applications, several deployment configurations and processing routes were developed, whereby microsphere cargo included either (1) precursor functional materials, (2) functional materials, or (3) reactive functional materials. Microspheres were loaded using a wet vacuum technique and subsequently characterized using scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and spectral imaging techniques.
Identifier
85042354261 (Scopus)
ISBN
[9780892083312]
Publication Title
International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies
e-ISSN
21694451
ISSN
21694362
First Page
86
Last Page
91
Volume
2017-November
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Forest; McBride, Abigail; Farooq, Linta; Wicks, George; and Crawford, Grant, "Development of loaded microspheres for tamper-activated security features" (2017). Faculty Publications. 9951.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/9951
