Abstract: A method for uniquely marking an object, wherein a random distribution of individual pigment domains is applied to a surface of the object, and wherein a list of distances of the individual pigment domains from one another is measured and stored in a database. Also a corresponding method for identifying an object by: capturing an image of the pigment domains, identifying the two-dimensional coordinates of each pigment domain captured in the image, determining the two-dimensional distance of each pair of two pigment domains and/or the angle of each triplet of pigment domains, storing the distances and/or angles determined in the step before in a list, storing the list in the database, the list enriched with meta-information about the manufacturing and/or finishing parameters of the object, applying a database identification as an information unit to the surface of the object, the information unit uniquely assignable to the database.

Abstract: A method for uniquely marking an object, wherein a random distribution of individual pigment domains is applied to a surface of the object, and wherein a list of distances of the individual pigment domains from one another is measured and stored in a database. Also a corresponding method for identifying an object by: capturing an image of the pigment domains, identifying the two-dimensional coordinates of each pigment domain captured in the image, determining the two-dimensional distance of each pair of two pigment domains and/or the angle of each triplet of pigment domains, storing the distances and/or angles determined in the step before in a list, storing the list in the database, the list enriched with meta-information about the manufacturing and/or finishing parameters of the object, applying a database identification as an information unit to the surface of the object, the information unit uniquely assignable to the database.

Abstract: A security ink contains at least a first fluorescent and phosphorescent pigment and a second fluorescent pigment, wherein the security ink if excited with a first wavelength emits radiation with a first emission spectrum, if excited with a second wavelength emits radiation with a second emission spectrum being different from the first emission spectrum, and after the excitation has been terminated emits radiation with a third emission spectrum being different from the first emission spectrum and being different from the second emission spectrum.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a spectrometer, comprising: an illumination device for illuminating a spectrometric measurement region; a detection unit for detecting electromagnetic radiation coming from the spectrometric measurement region; and a spectral element, which is arranged in the beam path between the illumination device and the detection unit. The illumination device comprises: a light emitting diode having a first central wavelength, which is designed to emit first electromagnetic radiation having a first spectrum; and a luminescent element for converting a first component of the first electromagnetic radiation having the first spectrum into second electromagnetic radiation having a second spectrum. The first central wavelength is 550 nm or 3000 nm or has a value between 550 nm and 3000 nm. The first spectrum and the second spectrum have an overlap.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) Ma2-y (Ca,Sr,Ba)1-x-ySi5-zMezN8:Eux Cey (I), where Ma=Li, Na and/or K Me=Hf4+ and/or Zr4+ x=0.0015 to 0.20 and y=0 to 0.15 z<4, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds and to the use as phosphors and conversion phosphors for conversion of the blue or near-UV emission from an LED.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): (Ca,Sr,Ba)1-x-yMeySiN2:Eux, where Me?Mn2+, Mg2+, Be2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and/or Ru2+; x=0.005 to 0.20; and y<1, and/or of the formula (II): (Ca,Sr,Ba)2-xSi1-zMazN2:Eux, where Ma?Hf4+, Th4+ and/or Zr4+; x=0.005 to 0.20; and z<1, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds, and to the use as phosphors and conversion phosphors for conversion of the blue or near-UV emission from an LED.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) (Ca,Sr,Ba)6-X(Si1-yMey)3(O1-zMa2z)6N4:Eux (I), where Me=Th, Ru and/or Os Ma=F and/or Cl, x<0.5, y<1 and z<0.1, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds and use as phosphors and conversion phosphors for the conversion of the blue or near-UV emission from an LED.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for identifying an object, wherein said object has a security element, which contains one or more inorganic luminescent pigments, wherein the method comprises the steps of producing an emission spectrum of the luminescent pigment and comparing the obtained emission spectrum with the spectrum specified for the security element. The invention further relates to a security element, by means of which it is possible to determine the authenticity of a product in a simple manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), A2-0.5y-?EuxSi5N8-yOy (I), where A stands for one or more elements selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, and x stands for a value from the range 0.005 to 1, and y stands for a value from the range 0.01 to 3, to mixtures thereof, to a process for the preparation of these phosphors and mixtures, and to the use thereof as conversion phosphors.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) (Ca,Sr,Ba)6-X(Si1-y Mey)3(O1-zMa2z)6N4:Eux (I), where Me=Th, Ru and/or Os Ma?F and/or Cl, x<0.5, y<1 and z<0.1, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds and use as phosphors and conversion phosphors for the conversion of the blue or near-UV emission from an LED.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) Ma2-y(Ca,Sr,Ba)1-x-ySi5-zMezN8:EuxCey (I), where Ma=Li, Na and/or K Me=Hf4+ and/or Zr4+ x=0.0015 to 0.20 and y=0 to 0.15 z<4, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds and to the use as phosphors and conversion phosphors for conversion of the blue or near-UV emission from an LED.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): (Ca,Sr,Ba)1-x-yMeySiN2:Eux, where Me?Mn2+, Mg2+, Be2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and/or Ru2+; x=0.005 to 0.20; and y<1, and/or of the formula (II): (Ca,Sr,Ba)2-xSi1-zMazN2:Eux, where Ma?Hf4+, Th4+ and/or Zr4+; x=0.005 to 0.

Abstract: A phosphor converted light emitting device includes a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, the light emitting layer being configured to emit light having a first peak wavelength; a first phosphor configured to emit light having a second peak wavelength; and a second phosphor configured to emit light having a third peak wavelength. The second phosphor is an Eu3+-activated phosphor, configured such that in the excitation spectrum at 298K and 1.013 bar, a maximum intensity in a wavelength range between 460 nm and 470 nm is at least 5% of a maximum intensity in a wavelength range between 220 nm to 320 nm.

Abstract: A phosphor converted light emitting device includes a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, the light emitting layer being configured to emit light having a first peak wavelength; a first phosphor configured to emit light having a second peak wavelength; and a second phosphor configured to emit light having a third peak wavelength. The second phosphor is an Eu3+-activated phosphor, configured such that in the excitation spectrum at 298K and 1.013 bar, a maximum intensity in a wavelength range between 460 nm and 470 nm is at least 5% of a maximum intensity in a wavelength range between 220 nm to 320 nm.