Graphene layers for identification of products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9493025-B2
Application number	US-201514599637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2015
Priority date	Jan 19, 2015
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a security device, in particular, a multilayered security device. The multilayered security device includes a substrate layer having a first substrate. The substrate layer attaches to the product. The multilayered security device also includes a graphene layer. The graphene layer has a first continuous graphene sheet that is made of a monolayer of covalently-bonded carbon atoms. The graphene layer also forms, in response to exposure to a verification stimulus, a contrasting pattern with respect to an exposed substrate area from the substrate layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a multilayered security device, comprising:
creating a substrate layer;
transferring a first layer of graphene sheet onto the substrate layer such that the first layer of graphene sheet forms an exposed substrate area on the substrate layer and a different contrasting pattern with the exposed substrate area when exposed to a verification stimulus, the first layer of graphene sheet is created by a process that creates a monolayer of covalently-bonded carbon atoms in a continuous sheet, the different contrasting pattern having a first contrast against the substrate layer;
transferring a second layer of graphene sheet onto the substrate layer such that the second layer of graphene sheet overlaps a subsection of the first layer of graphene sheet, the second layer of graphene sheet overlapping the first layer of graphene sheet forms a second different contrasting pattern with the exposed substrate area when exposed to a verification stimulus, the second different contrasting pattern having a second contrast against the substrate layer that is greater than the first contrast;
applying a protective coat to the layers of graphene sheet and the exposed substrate area; and
removing a portion of the substrate layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing a portion of the substrate includes utilizing Xenon Diflouride.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing a portion of the substrate includes removing the portion of the substrate with potassium hydroxide.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate layer is an organic light emitting diode.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
embedding within the substrate layer a second substrate within the substrate layer to form an additional contrasting patterns with the first layer of graphene sheet and the second layer of graphene sheet.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second substrate is silicon dioxide.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate layer is sapphire.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different contrasting pattern and the second different contrasting pattern may be captured by a cellphone camera having less than ten megapixels.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Farmer Damon B
• Pfeiffer Dirk
• Smith Joshua T

Classifications

• G01N2201/062

  LED's · CPC title

• B42D25/465

  using chemicals or adhesives · CPC title

• B42D25/36 Primary

  comprising special materials · CPC title

• G01N21/95607

  using a comparative method · CPC title

• G01J1/16

  using electric radiation detectors (G01J1/20 takes precedence) · CPC title