Hydrophobic thin films on magnesium fluoride surfaces
US6472073B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2021 |
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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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