Why Use An ITO Conductive Coating?
When you consider that an ITO (Indium Tin oxide) conductive coating can be applied to substrates such as plastic, PET films and glass, the question of why use an ITO coating becomes a bit clearer… like the coating itself.
Yes, an ITO coating is transparent, but did you know that by depositing a thin film of ITO onto the above substrates they basically become electrically conductive themselves? Conductive glass? Yes please!
Indium Tin Oxide conductive coating applications are numerous and span many different industries, including medical and military, research and development, automobile and aviation, and technology.
ITO conductive coating applications
Your cell phone screen may use ITO glass to determine the precise location and gestures you make when touching the glass. The glass’s electrical current alters when touched due to skins natural own conductivity.
The same ITO conductive coating technology is applied to many other touch screen devices, in miliary and medical and tech applications.
Another important use for ITO glass is in heated windows, using the conductive glass to heat a glass screen. Passing current across the surface of the glass provides the required heat and allows for constant visual clarity, regardless of the environment. Planes trains and (some) automobiles are now using heated glass cockpit screens and windscreens as standard.
The use of ITO coated glass slides and ITO coated coverslips has changed everything for electron microscopy. The glass carries the charge, rather than the specimen, resulting in the same clarity yet enhancing the specimen’s lifespan under scrutiny.
Other uses of ITO conductive coatings
ITO coated glass is also used in the production of OLED screens, cinema projection glass and smart freezer doors (as seen in supermarkets). The medical and R&D industries also use ITO coated glass display equipment.
Smart windows now utilise ITO coated glass offering varying levels of opacity on command. Obviously, there is an aesthetic quality here, but the importance to the environment is also worth mentioning too. By either encouraging or discouraging the sun’s heat to enter a building, there is a reduction in either heating or air conditioning requirements, which will also reduce power consumption.
Diamond Coatings ITO conductive coatings
Diamond Coatings, based in Phoenix, Arizona, have years of experience and the highest level of technical expertise concerning ITO conductive coatings. We would be delighted to assist with any enquiries you may have. Please get in touch with us today, a member of our tech team will get right back to you.
