FLIM Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

A novel optical sensor system for anti-counterfeiting has been developed based on Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM). The system consists of a FLIM reader (developed by CSEM) and of lifetime-encoded security tags (developed by our partner U-NICA) and can be used to verify the authenticity of luxury goods, pharmaceuticals and fast-moving consumables. In addition to forgery prevention, the FLIM reader finds applications also in the medical and biotech domain, for example for oxygen detection or wound monitoring.