Research Frontiers

Research Frontiers Incorporated is a technology licensing company focused on light-control solutions for glass and transparent surfaces. Research Frontiers Incorporated develops and licenses its patented SPD-Smart suspended particle device technology, which enables electronic control of light transmission in products such as smart windows, skylights, sunroofs, and other glazing applications. Its technology is used across automotive, aerospace, architectural, marine, rail, recreational vehicle, and specialty vehicle markets, where adjustable shading and glare reduction are important. The company works through a network of licensees that manufacture light-control films, panels, related electronics, and finished end-products incorporating the SPD platform. Based in Woodbury, New York, Research Frontiers Incorporated operates as a single-business-segment company centered on the commercialization of advanced light-management materials for commercial and consumer applications.