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              Friday, November 24, 2023
            
          
          
  
          
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        Sustainable Colour for a Sustainable Authentication Industry
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
            
            Credit: Structural colour (© Cypris Materials, Inc).
          
          
          
        
        
          
            Authentication and anti-counterfeit technologies rely heavily on inks and surfaces that produce colour, sending visual signals to the viewer to help differentiate between real and fake products. But in a world where toxin additives in manufacturing processes are becoming increasingly unacceptable, we take a look at two companies that are developing a new generation of sustainable colour.
          
        
          
            
              
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