Sol-gel based antireflective coatings using alkyltrialkoxysilane binders having low refractive index and high durability
Methods and compositions for forming porous low refractive index coatings on substrates are provided. The method comprises coating a substrate with a sol-formulation comprising silica based nanoparticles and an alkyltrialkoxysilane based binder. Use of the alkyltrialkoxysilane based binder results in a porous low refractive index coating having bimodal pore distribution including mesopores formed from particle packing and micropores formed from the burning off of organics including the alkyl chain covalently bonded to the silicon. The mass ratio of binder to particles may vary from 0.1 to 20. Porous coatings formed according to the embodiments described herein demonstrate good optical properties (e.g. a low refractive index) while maintaining good mechanical durability due to the presence of a high amount of binder and a close pore structure.
Intermolecular, Inc. Guardian Industries Corporation
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Jeroen Nikhil D. Zhi-Wen Mark Liang
Van Duren Kalyankar Sun Lewis Liang