Noctiluca – executive interview

In this interview, Mateusz Nowak, Noctiluca’s CCO and board member, outlines how the company has evolved from a single‑material proposition into an OLED material platform developer, synthesising and scaling families of emitter and functional materials. Noctiluca now has c 1,200 compounds, 10 patent families and strong relationships across the display industry. Mateusz discusses the industry’s ‘race for blue’ and explains how the company’s electron injection layer materials provide a new route to improving blue pixel efficiency, with internal gains up to 15x and more than twofold industry‑validated improvements, including a 100–150% uplift in partner trials. Mateusz also highlights the rapid commercial progress in Asia, driven by local presence and collaboration, with engagements now spanning more than 15 global entities across the OLED value chain. Finally, he outlines Noctiluca’s intellectual property‑led strategy, expanding its patent platform towards 12 families and entering national phases across up to 40 jurisdictions.