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Ares Materials, Inc.
Ares Materials is a Plano, Texas advanced-materials company building AI-designed optical polymers for the display industry. Spun out of the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016, it uses thiol-click chemistry and a machine-learning platform called Pylux to formulate solvent-free, PFAS-free films, adhesives, coatings and cover windows for foldable phones, AR/VR devices and other flexible electronics - aiming for high optical clarity, mechanical durability and up to 90% lower CO2 emissions than incumbent materials.
Light Polymers
Light Polymers is a Santa Clara nanochemistry company built around lyotropic liquid crystals - water-based materials that can be coated directly onto surfaces to manage light. Its flagship innovation is a direct-coat polarizer that replaces the laminated films used in OLED, MicroLED, and AR/VR displays, aiming for thinner, brighter, lower-cost optics with a simpler supply chain. Founded in 2013, the company runs chemical synthesis and R&D in California and application engineering and manufacturing in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Nuovo Film Inc.
Nuovo Film Inc. is a Silicon Valley advanced-materials company that develops, manufactures, and markets silver nanowire (AgNW) materials under its patented Crystode brand. Its high-precision roll-to-roll coated transparent conductive films replace brittle, indium-based ITO with a flexible, low-resistance, high-transparency alternative used in touch screens, foldable displays, photovoltaics, energy storage, and electric vehicles. Backed by Intel Capital and holding more than 180 patents worldwide, Nuovo Film operates one of the largest silver nanowire production lines in the industry and supplies touch modules to global brands.