ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) is a transparent conducting oxide that can be applied to films, glass and plastic substrates. ITO coatings have a wide range of applications in modern technology.
The hardiness and durability of ITO coatings alongside the unique combination of transparency and conductive they offer has led to use in many industries.
ITO Uses and Applications
Some of the most common uses of ITO coatings are for mobile phone screens, LCD and plasma displays and in low-e windows. Other uses include thin film photovoltaics, coverslips, solar panels, aircraft windshields and EMI/RFI shielding,
Freezers in supermarkets often utilise ITO coated glass for their freezer windows.
Microscopy slides commonly use ITO coated glass as well as other imaging equipment. ITO coatings offer a comprehensive range of premium-quality conductive ITO coated glass slides for research & development, medical and science applications. ITO can also be used for beam splitters in fluorescence microscopy.
The demand for ITO coatings is increasing in the space, military and defence sectors, due to ITOs properties, such as suitability for use in rocket engines. As well as being used to defrost aircraft windows by the generation of heat by applying voltage to the coating, ITO thin film strain gauges can be used in jet engines.
In the entertainment industry, ITO coatings have applications in photography and cinema. Another application of ITO coating is in capacitive and resistive touch panels, with use in automotive interior lighting consoles. Diamond Coatings have been leading the market in capacitive touch interior light lenses for nearly a decade.
ITO coatings can be used for RFI (Radio-frequency) and EMI (electromagnetic interference) shielding. Other applications include photovoltaic cells and electrostatic dissipation.
