In the competence center Substrate, specialists are involved in the integration of security elements in various materials such as plastics, metal, adhesives, varnish or paint.

The experts have a broad practical knowledge from the areas of Physics, Engineering and Material Science as well as Optics. Specialists develop a broad range of customized applications, including the authentication devices from their respective technology components.

U-NICA works closely in the field of Material Sciences with the ETH Zürich, one of the top technical universities in the world.