Fused anti-soiling and anti-reflective coatings

Lee, Dominic F.; Park, Jaehyeung; Sharma, Jaswinder; Polyzos, Georgios

Title: Fused anti-soiling and anti-reflective coatings

Patent · Tue Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2022

OSTI ID:1892522

Lee, Dominic F.; Park, Jaehyeung; Sharma, Jaswinder; Polyzos, Georgios

A method for applying a coating to a surface includes the step of providing a reaction mixture comprising a silicon alkoxide and an alcohol. A reaction limiting amount of water is added. The silicon alkoxides and water are allowed to react to form silica precursor particles during an initial reaction period. A coating precursor composition is prepared by adding an acid soluble in the alcohol to the reaction mixture during a second reaction period after the initial reaction period. The precursor silica particles grow to form silica nanofeatures having a major dimension that is larger than a major dimension of the silica precursor particles. The coating precursor composition is applied to a surface, and the alcohol and water are allowed to evaporate and the silica nanofeatures to adhere to the surface and form a nanostructured layer on the surface. A coating precursor composition and a coated article are also disclosed.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Number(s):: 11,220,605

Application Number:: 16/203,127

OSTI ID:: 1892522

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 11/28/2018

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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