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The home appliance and gadget industry is currently at a significant turning point. With the advent of IoT, all devices are now equipped with sensors and cameras, new wearable devices such as AR/VR devices and smart glasses are being launched into the market one after another, and smart home devices commonly come with displays and touch panels. Supporting the high functionality and added value of these products behind the scenes are optical thin film and patterning processing technologies. Suppressing lens reflections, optimizing sensor sensitivity, making fingerprints and dirt less likely to adhere, allowing current to flow while transmitting light through transparent conductive films—these are all achieved by forming functional thin films on the substrate surface at the nanometer scale and sometimes creating fine patterns. Trend 1: Miniaturization and high definition of sensor windows and optical thin films Trend 2: AR/VR, smart glasses, and anti-reflective and anti-fouling coatings Trend 3: Smart home devices and anti-fog, antibacterial, and self-cleaning functional films Trend 4: Integration of touch panels, transparent electrodes, and patterning processing The value that expert coatings can provide For more details, please visit our company website.

Outer space is the most challenging and promising field for optical thin films. Environmental factors that are completely different from those on the ground—vacuum ultraviolet, high-energy particles, extreme thermal cycles, atomic oxygen—simultaneously pose threats to the thin films, while it is precisely these films that maintain the accuracy of sensing, communication, and observation. As the trend of New Space accelerates, the scenarios in which optical thin films influence the competitiveness of space development are increasing. We aspire to be more than just a "coating manufacturer"; we want to be partners who think together from the very beginning of development. It is perfectly fine if the requirements are not yet solidified or if we are still in the preliminary stages of specifications. We hope this can serve as a starting point for dialogue with engineers working on space products. Chapter 01: The Three Barriers that the Space Environment Poses to Optical Thin Films Chapter 02: Main Applications of Space × Optical Thin Films—Where Thin Films Thrive Chapter 03: How to Choose Optical Thin Films—The Trinity of Materials, Design, and Process Chapter 04: Proposal for Co-Creation Steps—"Start Small and Grow Steadily" Summary—Together, Let’s Take on the Challenge of Space with the Power of Thin Films.

The competition for the practical application of quantum computers is accelerating on a global scale. However, one of the barriers faced by researchers and engineers working on development at the forefront is the reality that "components cannot be procured." High-precision optical elements and optical thin films are essential to the foundation of quantum systems, yet suppliers capable of meeting the specific requirements of quantum optics are limited worldwide. Of course, at this point, Adachi New Industries cannot produce all products through film deposition and manufacturing, but we present this co-creation proposal to developers to overcome that barrier together. 01: Quantum Computers and Optical Thin Films 02: Optical Thin Film Products Required for Quantum Systems—Specific Product Groups and Required Specifications 03: Reasons Why Quantum Optical Coatings Are Difficult—Structure of Technical Challenges 04: Co-creation with Master Coatings—Development Process Starting from Small-Scale Prototyping Summary Adachi New Industries' "Master Coatings" will accompany you as a partner to overcome these barriers together, from the initial concept stage of development to the mass production phase. Starting with small-scale prototyping, we will cycle through prototyping and evaluation together, "co-creating" the optical thin films required for quantum devices—this is our co-creation proposal.

In the world of architecture and interior design, the "experiential value of space itself" is beginning to change significantly. Until now, the performance expected from building materials focused primarily on basic functions such as strength, weather resistance, thermal insulation, and workability. However, in recent years, in addition to these, the "sensory value of how one feels in that space" and "the impression it gives" have become increasingly important. 1. The changing value of "light" in the architecture and interior design fields 2. The potential of optical thin films in architectural spaces 2-1. Development towards high-performance glass 2-2. Integration with virtual space production and transparent displays 2-3. Adding functionality to interior materials 3. Sensing and optical design required in the era of smart architecture 4. The importance of "co-creation" in the architecture and interior design fields Summary: Optical thin films are a technology for designing the "future of space." A new era is beginning where new architectural values are emerging by crossing previously separate technological domains. Adachi New Industry Co., Ltd.'s "Takumi Coating" proposes new possibilities for co-creation in the architecture and interior design fields through optical thin films and patterning processing.