December 7, 2020
Can they really help with CVS? By Dan Fiore, Vice President During the pandemic we are all spending a lot more time staring at screens throughout the course of our workdays and even when we stop work. This has left many people with dry and irritated eyes which increases eye strain and overall levels of fatigue. The source of many of these eye strain issues may be digital screens which emit blue light. Various studies have concluded that blue light from displays can have negative consequences on your eyes and can also negatively impact your sleep schedule as it can…
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Diamond Like Carbon is an Infrared Optical Designer’s Best Friend By Dan Fiore, Vice President Diamond-Like Carbon or DLC coating is an amorphous crystalline film that is conformably grown on a surface and has properties like that of a naturally occurring diamond. The film offers a low friction coefficient, is chemically inert which lends to high abrasion and corrosion resistance. One of the most unique properties of DLC is its optical performance in the infrared spectrum where it is commonly used as an anti-reflective coating. Because DLC can be applied to relatively fragile crystalline materials such as Germanium, Zinc Selenide,…
Read MoreNovember 6, 2020
“North American Coating Laboratories Wins Third Consecutive Fast Track 50 Award for Sustained Business Growth” North American Coating Laboratories was recently honored with a Fast Track 50 Award for 2019. Fast Track 50 is a program that honors northeast Ohio’s fastest growing companies. The program celebrates the contributions of local companies to the Northeast Ohio economy. Companies that are considered for The Fast Track 50 award are ranked by sales and employment growth over the previous five-year period and are recognized as being among the 50 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. Winners of the 2019 award were based on…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2020
By Dan Fiore, Vice President of North American Coating Laboratories One of the most unique evaporative coatings available today is Indium Tin Oxide or ITO as it is known. ITO belongs to a family of evaporative materials known as transparent conductive oxides. The family of transparent conductive oxides includes Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) as mentioned before, ITO is the industry standard for transparent conductive films as it is robust, has good sheet resistance range and respectable UV-Visible and Near IR transmission which allows for good flexibility with multiple applications. Other members of the transparent conductive oxide family are IZO (Indium…
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