oxford advanced surfaces

Ophthalmics, Solar & Display Technology

Anti-reflective coatings have a strong market demand for applications as diverse as reducing reflections from ophthalmic coatings for eyewear, eliminating reflections from display screens, and for improving transmission of light into solar cells.

Commercially available anti-reflective coatings for these markets use expensive batch processing vapour deposition techniques and performance is dependent on the complexity of the surface treatment.

OAS' anti-reflective treatment is based on a nano material that can be applied as a wet coat - a desirable technique for high speed manufacturing. These coatings can be uniquely formulated to enable adhesion to many different base materials from glass for solar cells, to polycarbonate for eyewear. We are targeting our first license deals at ophthalmic applications. This is a large market that will have fast and continued growth driven by the increasing average age of the global population.