Neil Pschirer

Breakthroughs in advanced materials are driving the next generation of OLED, Sensors, and extended reality (XR) devices. Not surprisingly, high‐index materials are now considered an essential enabling technology for these next‐gen displays. The inks must deliver excellent film quality via spin or inkjet coating methods as well precise patterning via nano- or micro-imprint techniques with high RIs, high transmission and low haze. No trivial feat. Until now, conventional display manufacturing technologies relied on polymer‐based materials. Refractive indices (RIs) for these materials typically top out at 1.6. In contrast, Pixelligent’s PixJet® and PixNIL® products deliver RIs ranging from 1.65 to 2.0. What’s more, they were engineered from the ground‐up for devices produced with inkjet printers or utilizing Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL). In his talk, Pixelligent’s Vice President of Product Development and Strategy, Neil Pschirer, will discuss the innovation behind the company’s materials including PixCor™, the only commercially available material that delivers refractive indices > 1.80, with the highest optical clarity, while dramatically improving UV stability. He will also focus on recent commercial wins in XR headsets that employ diffractive gratings, the status of overall XR market, and how the powerful combination of XR+AI is accelerating adoption of both technologies.