Brand Protection and Authentication Enabled By Frangible Polymer Technology

摘要

Tetramer has developed and patented a unique technology to produce pre-stressed frangible, polymeric coatings. These can be applied using traditional thin-film coating and curing techniques or more advanced 3D-printing methods. The ability to produce stable, pre-stressed films allows for superior tamper indicating coatings as the films not only crack in the area where the coating has been breached, but continue to propagate across the entire surface of the coating. These films can also be customized with pre-defined crack patterns and crack densities that enable manufacturers to apply unique and individualized strategies for product authentication and anti-counterfeiting. Tetramer has demonstrated the performance of coatings on test substrates, in both active and passive configurations.