Markets and applications of black coatings & foil products
The use of Acktar coatings yield major improvements in a wide range of products and applications.
Visit the following links to find use cases by categories:
Below is a list of our main marketing and contribution areas:
| Market Area | Product application | Performance enhancement | Key words | Recommended Acktar products | Previous solutions |
| Space | Satellite optics Satellite star-trackers Space telescopes James Webb space telescope See other space projects using Acktar Black | Diffuse black material Scattered light reduction Stray-light suppression Low outgassing No particulates | space optics stray light space qualified star trackers high vibration stability | Vacuum Black Magic Black Fractal Black | Aeroglaze black Anodize tiodize |
| Passive thermal control | Energy absorption | space thermal control | Nano Black | ||
| Defense | Cooled and uncooled IR detector parts | Cryogenic compatibility Low outgassing IR absorbing | IR detectors cold shields cooled detectors | Fractal Black Ultra Black Vacuum Black | Black paint |
| Missile seeker parts | Reduce stray light and improve image quality | stray light optical seekers | |||
| Facilitate Detection of Small Targets | |||||
| Enabling Technology For 3rd Generation Imagers | |||||
| Man Recognition and Identificatio | |||||
| Remote sensing targets | High emittance surface Low emittance surface Selective emissivity | Fractal Black Nano Black | |||
| Sensing And Imaging | IR Optical Systems | stray light light absorbing optical noise dark material | Fractal Black Magic Black Ultra Black | ||
| Cameras | |||||
| Thermal cameras | Calibration standard; stray light control | ||||
| Displays | LED arrays – contrast enhancement | Trap scattered and stray photons | contrast optical cross-talk | Magic Black Vacuum Black | |
| Semiconductor – wafer level | Optical detector arrays | Optical signal to noise ratio improvement | pixel delineation cross talk contrast | Magic Black | |
| Pyroelectric detector array elements | Thin absorption layer with low thermal mass | detector thermal sensitivity detector sensitivity | Fractal Black | ||
| Optical MEMS, CMOS sensors, Security sensors | Low reflective & high damage threshold | Patternable thin black film | LithoBlack | ||
| Lab on chip | High specific area, Ligand support properties | Non fluorescence porous biocompatible | High specific surface area | ||
| Semiconductor equipment manufacturing | Process heat dissipation | Energy absorption | process through-put cool down time heat absorption | Fractal Black | |
| UV photo-lithography optics | Ghost image suppression, Secondary photons absorption | UV tolerant coatings improved optics life damage threshold | Vacuum Black Magic Black | ||
| Black matrix, color filters, patterned | light absorbing blackout material black thin film | Litho Black | |||
| Optical Instrumentation and laser technologies | Black bodies | High emissivity | true black | Fractal Black Ultra Black | |
| Lenses rim | Ghost images suppression | low reflectivity | Vacuum Black | ||
| Glass blackening | Black pattern; precise photo mask | light blocking material black film | Vacuum Black | ||
| Internal parts | Undesired reflection elimination | super black | Magic Black | ||
| Laser beam dumps | Energy absorption; high damage thresholds | LIDT laser damage threshold laser energy absorption | LIDT Magic Black Fractal Black | ||
| Laser power meters | Energy absorption; high damage thresholds | high emissivity high damage threshold | |||
| Apertures, baffles | Light trapping, baffling, beam stopping | black-out material | Fractal Black Magic Black | Martin black | |
| Astronomic telescopes | Black diffuse surfaces, ambient light baffles | light absorbing material super dark material | |||
| Automotive Optics | Safety and IR cameras | Infrared optically black material with very low reflectance at grazing angles | Metal Velvet Magic Black Hexa Black | Nextel Flock paper | |
| Black appliques | Minimize reflection, lead to higher signal to noise performance | Self-adhesive black foil, high temperature stability, humidity resistance | |||
| HUD parts | Block out unwanted light | ||||
| Medical Optics | Endoscopes | Stray-light suppression | bio-compatible black coating non-fluorescence black membrane | Metal velvet Magic Black | |
| Raman spectroscopy | Black out material | ||||
| Capacitors | High-performance electrodes | Ultra-high specific surface area | capacitor electrodes | Other products | |
| Solar Energy | Thermal solar collectors | Black absorber | solar selective coating | Nano Black | |
| Commercial | Digital cinema cameras | Stray-light management | stray light satin black, matte black, flat black | Black Optical Coatings | |
| Wearables | Watches and jewelries | Black diffuse surfaces Black absorber Visible light absorption | super dark material black-out material | Vacuum Black Magic Black Metal VelvetLambertian Black | Martin Black Black Paints Black anodize |
| Bioanalytics | PCR testing | Lower background noise | Low fluorescence coating | Metal Velvet Magic Black |