Construction of active-inert core–shell structured nanocrystals for broad range multicolor upconversion luminescence by Mengyao Zhu, Zhenhua Li, Xuecheng Li, Xueru Zhang, Yuxiao Wang, Haoyue Hao, Liang Li

“…Furthermore, broad range multicolor from blue to red and yellow up-conversion emissions is achieved by mixing NaYF4:Er/Ho@NaYF4 and NaYbF4:Tm@NaYF4 nanocrystals, which could be applied to colorful displaying, security anti-counterfeiting and information coding.…”
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Versatile Zirconium Oxide (ZrO₂) Sol-Gel Development for the Micro-Structuring of Various Substrates (Nature and Shape) by Optical and Nano-Imprint Lithography by Nicolas Crespo-Monteiro, Arnaud Valour, Victor Vallejo-Otero, Marie Traynar, Stéphanie Reynaud, Emilie Gamet, Yves Jourlin

“…It is used, for example, in coatings for corrosion protection layer, wear and oxidation, in optical applications (mirror, filters), for decorative components, for anti-counterfeiting solutions and for medical applications. …”
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Manipulation of Spatial Infrared Emission Based on W‐Doped Vanadium Oxide Films toward Thermal Coding by Laihao Lou, Tongtong Kang, Maoren Wang, Wenxin Li, Lei Bi, Li Zhang, Longjiang Deng, Peiheng Zhou

“…It is shown experimentally that this concept has marked implications on thermal radiation control at Mid‐infrared, among which are as follows: digital anti‐counterfeiting by in‐plane spatial coding of a group of VO2 thin films with various W‐doping density and infrared camouflage by out‐of‐plane spatial coding of them. …”
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African Medicines Agency: How it will change the landscape of medicines in Africa by Molly Unoh Ogbodum, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno III, Comfort Tanaka Gutu, Hajar Bouali, Buya Nabie Bangura, Moussa Fofana, Mohamed Babiker Musa, Hassan Ali Daoud, Priscilla Owusu‐Mensah, David Do Céu Fiagan, Cynthia Amaning Danquah, Mohamed Samai

“…Africa's porous borders create ease for drug counterfeiting, with little likelihood of detection once in the supply chain. …”
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Detection of Low-Level Adulteration of Hungarian Honey Using near Infrared Spectroscopy by Zsanett Bodor, Mariem Majadi, Csilla Benedek, John-Lewis Zinia Zaukuu, Márta Veresné Bálint, Éva Csajbókné Csobod, Zoltan Kovacs

“…There are numerous ways of honey counterfeiting; amongst them, direct adulteration is one of the most common methods. …”
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Functional mobile-based two-factor authentication by photonic physical unclonable functions by Tiago Silvério, Lília M. S. Dias, João F. C. B. Ramalho, Sandra F. H. Correia, Lianshe Fu, Rute A. S. Ferreira, Paulo S. André

“…Given the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things and because of the concerns around counterfeited goods, secure and resilient cryptographic systems are in high demand. …”
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Optical Systems Identification through Rayleigh Backscattering by Pantea Nadimi Goki, Thomas Teferi Mulugeta, Roberto Caldelli, Luca Potì

“…Considering that OPUFs are established as the most potent anti-counterfeiting tool, the created signatures are robust against malicious attacks such as tampering and cyber attacks. …”
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Smart Framework for Quality Check and Determination of Adulterants in Saffron Using Sensors and AquaCrop by Kanwalpreet Kour, Deepali Gupta, Junaid Rashid, Kamali Gupta, Jungeun Kim, Keejun Han, Khalid Mohiuddin

“…In addition, a sensor-based chamber has been proposed to provide quality and adulteration checks of saffron and to eliminate product counterfeiting. The AquaCrop simulator was employed to evaluate the proposed framework’s performance. …”
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Long lifetimes white afterglow in slightly crosslinked polymer systems by Qingao Chen, Lunjun Qu, Hui Hou, Jiayue Huang, Chen Li, Ying Zhu, Yongkang Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Qian Zhou, Yan Yang, Chaolong Yang

“…Moreover, the potential applications of the obtained polymers in light-emitting diodes and dynamic anti-counterfeiting are explored. The proposed strategy provides a new idea for constructing intrinsic polymers with diverse white-light emission RTPs.…”
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Mechanical Force-Induced Color-Variable Luminescence of Carbon Dots in Boric Acid Matrix by Shuai Meng, Dengke Cheng, Hailing Gu, Yuchen Li, Yukun Qin, Jing Tan, Qijun Li

“…Mechano-luminescent materials that exhibit distinct luminescence responses to force stimuli are urgently anticipated in view of application needs in the fields of sensing, anti-counterfeiting, optoelectronic devices, etc. However, most of the reported materials normally exhibit force-induced changes in luminescent intensity, whereas materials that possess force-induced color-variable luminescence remain rarely reported. …”
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Versatile Double Bandgap Photonic Crystals of High Color Saturation by Hao Jiang, Gang Li, Luying Si, Minghui Guo, Huiru Ma, Wei Luo, Jianguo Guan

“…This research not only presents the unique advantages of PNCs in constructing multi-bandgap PCs but also establishes the feasibility of utilizing PNCs in practical applications within the fields of anti-counterfeiting and flexible wearable devices.…”
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Quantification of Polyphenols and Metals in Chinese Tea Infusions by Mass Spectrometry by Gabriella Pinto, Anna Illiano, Andrea Carpentieri, Michele Spinelli, Chiara Melchiorre, Carolina Fontanarosa, Martino di Serio, Angela Amoresano

“…In this way, we obtained a molecular fingerprint useful for both nutraceutical applications and food control/typization, as well as for frauds detection and counterfeiting.…”
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Structural-color meta-nanoprinting embedding multi-domain spatial light field information by Liang Congling, Wang Jiahao, Huang Tian, Dai Qi, Li Zile, Yu Shaohua, Li Gongfa, Zheng Guoxing

“…Consequently, it holds promising applications in image display, data storage, information encryption, anti-counterfeiting, and various other fields.…”
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Raman spectroscopy in quality control of Chinese herbal medicine by Ao, Hui, Liu, Ji-Lei, Peng, Cheng, Xie, Xiao-Fang, Chen, Dan-Dan

“…Results: Applications of Raman spectroscopy in various aspects of CHM, including the identification and analysis of raw materials, in-line checks of formulation, characterization of adulterants, and detection of counterfeits, were reviewed systematically. Conclusion: An updated systematic review of the published literature has been conducted to analyze the most important milestones and latest achievements in this topic. …”
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A Multi-Source Big Data Security System of Power Monitoring Network Based on Adaptive Combined Public Key Algorithm by Chengzhi Jiang, Chuanfeng Huang, Qiwei Huang, Jian Shi

“…The security evaluation of the experimental implementation shows that the proposed model can resist a series of attacks such as counterfeiting terminal, data eavesdropping, and tampering.…”
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Fusion recognition of palmprint and palm vein based on modal correlation by Wei Wu, Yuan Zhang, Yunpeng Li, Chuanyang Li

“…The fusion method integrates palmprint and palm vein features, leveraging their stability and security and enhances counterfeiting prevention and overall system efficiency through multimodal correlations. …”
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A Hybrid SRAM/RRAM In-Memory Computing Architecture Based on a Reconfigurable SRAM Sense Amplifier by Seyed Hassan Hadi Nemati, Nima Eslami, Mohammad Hossein Moaiyeri

“…In addition, to address security concerns, we proposed a polymorphic circuit primitive to prevent reverse engineering or integrated circuit (IC) counterfeiting. The proposed polymorphic circuit also adds more computations to accomplish complex logic operations and the proposed hybrid memory architecture.…”
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A Unique Identification-Oriented Black-Box Watermarking Scheme for Deep Classification Neural Networks by Mouke Mo, Chuntao Wang, Shan Bian

“…Specifically, to enhance the distinguishability of deep neural network models in multi-user scenarios and mitigate the likelihood of poisoned image counterfeiting, this study develops a discrete cosine transform (DCT) and singular value decomposition (SVD)-based symmetrical embedding method to form the poisoned image. …”
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The Ethical Consumer and Codes of Ethics in the Fashion Industry by Rossella Esther Cerchia, Katherine Piccolo

“…Indeed, by analyzing the codes of ethics of some of the industry’s well-known brands, it is evident that they primarily focus on employment and workers’ rights (including equality and discrimination issues), labor safety standards, bribery and anti-corruption, counterfeiting and unfair business practices, as well as respect for (and sometimes improvement of) the environment. …”
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Thermally tunable binary-phase VO2 metasurfaces for switchable holography and digital encryption by Liao Yuan, Fan Yulong, Lei Dangyuan

“…Our design approach offers a new and efficient method to realize tunable metasurfaces, which is promisingly adopted in dynamic display, information encryption, optical anti-counterfeiting, etc.…”
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