The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is expected to have a prominent impact on the blue light and U.V. light blocking coatings market owing to national lockdowns in several manufacturing countries. Both the demand for the coatings as well as the supply of raw materials for manufacturing of the coatings has been widely affected owing to the restrictions imposed on the exports and imports of goods and services. Moreover, the unavailability of labor due to COVID-19 also limits the production, if not temporarily ceasing it altogether due to factory shutdowns. The pandemic has had a major impact on the end user industries that consume both U.V. and blue light blocking coatings specifically in the automotive and building and construction segment. However, in the long run it is anticipated that the market would get to its regular consumption pattern.
Blue light and ultraviolet lights are a part of High Energy Visible (HEV) radiations. These radiations are harmful for our eyes and create stress-related issues. Blue light could be radiated from both natural and artificial sources. The blue light which is found in natural sources is necessary for maintaining melatonin level and thereby ensuring productivity of human body. On the contrary, blue light that is generated from artificial sources such as television screen, smartphone screen, among others is harmful and creates an imbalance in the melatonin level of the body thereby disturbing the sleep cycle and the circadian rhythm of the body. It also causes digital eye stress that results in reduced productivity, fatigue, headaches and several other health problems. Over exposure to ultraviolet light is also harmful as it causes cancer and reduces the visibility of the human eye by negatively affecting the cornea. It also possesses the capability of degenerating atomic bonds thus reducing the monetary value of certain artifacts. Due to such issues, protection from the blue light has become essential in today’s world. The research study focuses on putting forward a clear picture of the current consumption and future growth potential of both U.V and blue light blocking coatings.
Over the last decade, the demand for blue light and ultraviolet blocking coatings has massively increased. Increasing health concerns have resulted in the transformation of various industries and led to the innovation of multiple technologies that enable paths to multiple applications related to blue light and ultraviolet blocking coatings. Blue light and ultraviolet light blocking coatings address the ongoing issue of digital eye stress and are able to present an extensive amount of opportunities to revolutionize the working principle of different end user industries such as optical industry, and automotive industry, among others. The usage of innovative coatings has become a necessity in maintaining the durability of a product, over time, leading the manufacturers in the industry to use different functional coatings and add new properties to their products to distinguish their products in the competitive market. Currently, with the help of government support and subsidies, several pilot projects are being run in numerous countries. China, for example, is a leading country in the market with largest number of operational coatings manufacturing plants.
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With the changing global economic activity, the demand from consumers is changing rapidly with various urban areas increasing in both developing as well as developed countries. Ultra-violet rays primarily consist of three types, UVA, UVB and UVC. UVC directly impacts the cornea, which makes it highly dangerous, while UVB and UVA are responsible for skin diseases. Moreover, ultra-violet rays have been classified as completely carcinogenic and are both, tumor promotor and tumor initiator. Ultra-violet ray exposure affects the eyes and skin. It can cause cataract and thereby result in total or partial loss of vision. This loss of vision is a result of reduction of blood flow and cornea damage caused by radiations such as ultra-violet radiations and high-energy visible radiations (HEV radiation) or blue light radiations. These radiations can be blocked by the usage of ultraviolet and blue light filtering coatings and glasses.
Besides, the preceding usage ultra-violet blocking coatings is also used in dental curing lights. The lights are either coated with ultra-violet blocking coatings or an ultra-violet blocking glass is used. This is done to ensure specific wavelength emissions of light thereby enhancing visual properties while blocking harmful radiations. These curing lights are utilized in polymerizing sealants, cements and dental composites. This was done in order to eliminate the effects of ultra-violet radiation on the vulnerable mouth tissues. Apart from being carcinogenic, the ultra-violet radiations also release heat while curing the composites used in treatment thereby damaging the surrounding sensitive tissues.
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