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Hydrophobic thin films on magnesium fluoride surfaces

US6143358A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1998
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/3154
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A magnesium fluoride surface having a thin film of amphiphilic molecules bonded thereto by way of a primer film of a metal oxide having a surface that hydrolyzes on exposure to airborne moisture. The amphiphilic molecules are chemically bonded to hydroxy groups on the hydrolyzed surface of the metal oxide primer film.

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