A dive into the world of Holographic Films

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Holographic films are not as rare as they are assumed to be. Everyone with a credit card is literally carrying one around in their wallets! One may wonder at its purpose in a credit card. The reason is that it becomes a means of identification of the card as packaging films with holography are unique and cannot be replicated. Hence they serve as a means of identification and prevent the card from being duplicated by forgery. There are even used in the personal identification cards of some countries. There are a lot more uses for holographic packaging films such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics personal health care products, toiletries and dental products, Sports articles, wines and spirits, Food products etc.,

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These have many uses and have significant advantages for those using them such as enhanced aesthetics, security against counterfeit, tamper evident, custom design and can serve as an improvement in terms of brand image and has been used even by Tiffany which attracted a lot of attention. Holographic packaging films are made from very high-quality photographic films coated with a photo resistive material called silver halide emulsion. Then laser light is used to create a projection of the object in the film. This is very hard to recreate as the object and laser used are specific. 

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They are of many different types. They are PET and OPP. PET has a thickness of 16 and 23 microns. OPP has a thickness of 20 microns and 30 microns. They are both available in silver and transparent colours.  Packaging films with holography can be made from Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) or Biaxial oriented polypropylene (Bopp). They can be made in multiple colours and even be used for gift wrapping. The perceived value or the product or brand goes up while using it. 

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They were invented in 1947 at imperial college London by Dennis Gabor, a Hungarian scientist. Like the best inventions and discoveries, this too was don accidentally while trying to improve the electron microscope. The experiment was reproduced by scientists at the University of Michigan in 1962. There were significant developments towards the same by a USSR scientist in that very year. It wasn't until 1968 that holograms could be used. Gabor got a noble price twenty five years later and today, holograms can be mass produced with costs less than five cents for an inch.  

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