Non-fogging article and process for the production thereof
US6156409A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31612
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention is to provide an anti-fogging article which is excellent in durability, wear resistance, anti-fogging property and anti-fogging substainability property, wherein the same is an anti-fogging article in which a film having a metal oxide fine particles having a grain size from 4 through 300 nm and having metal oxides used as its matrix is coated on a substrate and dents and projections having an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) from 1.5 to 80 nm and their mean interval (Sm) from 4 to 300 nm are formed on the abovementioned film surface, as necessary, the corresponding film contains a surface-active agent and a phosphate compound, and further as necessary, organosilane or its hydrolyzed substance containing in the molecule at least a functional group which is selected from a group consisting of polyalkylene oxide group, alkyl group, alkenyl group, and aryl group is covered on the corresponding dents and projections, and further as necessary, a surface-active agent layer is secured thereon or on the corresponding dents and projections.
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