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20090029145 | NANO-STRUCTURED SURFACE COATING PROCESS, NANO-STRUCTURED COATINGS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE COATING - The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of nano-structured and/or nano-porous surfaces, coatings having a nano-structured and/or nano-porous surface and articles comprising said coatings. The invention also relates to the use of coatings according to the invention, in particular as anti-reflective coatings. The process for the preparation of the surface nano-structured and/or nano-porous coatings is a process comprising the steps of
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20090191346 | Preparation of a mechanically durable single layer coating with anti-reflective properties - Single layer anti-reflective hard-coat; in particular which comprises a structured surface, preferably a nano-structured surface. The hard-coat preferably a hardness above 0.5 GPa, more preferably above 0.7 GPa and most preferably above 1.0 GPa as measured by nano-indentation and/or a reduced tensile modulus above 3 GPa, more preferably above 8.5 GPa or 20 GPa, most preferably above 40 GPa as measured by nano-indentation and/or a scratch resistance above 5 mJ μm | 07-30-2009 |
20090215913 | Highly porous polymeric materials comprising biologically active molecules via covalent grafting - The present invention relates to highly porous polymeric materials comprising covalently grafted biologically active species. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of highly porous materials comprising functional monomers capable of grafting to a biologically active molecular species comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an emulsion composition comprising a droplet phase and a continuous phase and containing monomers, (b) curing the emulsion and (c) optionally removing the water/droplet phase. The invention further relates to a process for grafting biologically active species to such a highly porous polymeric material comprising the steps of: (i) exposing the highly porous material to a solution of the biologically active species in a suitable solvent medium, (ii) optionally adding an activating agent, (iii) optionally heating, and (iv) rinsing the porous material with solvent medium to remove non-grafted species. The highly porous polymeric materials comprising covalently grafted biologically active species can be used e.g. as a heterogeneous catalyst, in biosensors, for chromatography, in biomedical devices and in implants. | 08-27-2009 |
20100165467 | ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATED GLAS PLATE - An article comprising an anti-reflective glass plate, the plate having on at least a part of at least one of its surfaces a light reflection reducing coating wherein the wherein the coating contains nano-size particles and a binder, the coating having an arithmetic average roughness of 2-50 nm, and having per reflective coated side a minimum reflection at a wavelength between 400 and 800 nm of about 2% of less. | 07-01-2010 |
20100167009 | ARTICLES COMPRISING POROUS COATINGS - The invention relates to an article comprising a substrate and a nano-porous coating, wherein the reflectivity of the article is less then 2%, and whereby the amount of sodium measured in the coating by XPS is less then 1 wt %, and further to a method of making the article. | 07-01-2010 |
20100297430 | ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATINGS - The invention relates to a processes and compositions for preparing anti-reflective coatings. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100015433 | CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES - The present invention relates to a composition suitable for forming an optical coating, the composition comprising core-shell nanoparticles, wherein said nanoparticles comprise: (a) core material comprising polymer; and (b) shell material comprising metal oxide. | 01-21-2010 |
20100230351 | Hydrophilic Membrane - The invention relates to an hydrophilic membrane comprising a membrane carrier and a hydrophilic coating with good properties. The coating may comprise covalently bound inorganic-organic hybrid material; or the coating may comprise ring-opening polymerized components like epoxy resins. The coating composition preferably is applied in a solvent, the solvent is evaporated, and the coating is cured with UV radiation. The hydrophilic membrane is very useful in water purification, and in other applications. | 09-16-2010 |
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20100305217 | HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE - The invention relates to a micro-porous membrane comprising a porous membrane carrier made of a first polymeric material (A) and comprising a second polymeric material (B) intimately divided throughout the porous membrane carrier, wherein the porous membrane carrier comprises a plurality of interconnected polymeric fibers, fibrils, filaments and/or lamellae having a thickness of less than 1 μm, the porous membrane carrier has an interconnected open porous structure formed by the plurality of interconnected polymeric fibers, fibrils, filaments and/or lamellae and a porosity of at least 50%; and the polymeric material (B) comprises a thermoplastic polycondensation polymer and is present in an amount of at most 30 wt. %, relative to the total weight of (A) and (B). The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a micro-porous membrane comprising steps wherein (i) a porous membrane carrier made of a first polymeric material (A) is impregnated with a polymer solution comprising a second polymeric material (B) in a solvent system (X), and (ii) the resulting impregnated membrane carrier is quenched in a non-solvent system (Y), thereby precipitating at least part of the second polymeric material (B). | 12-02-2010 |
20110002831 | SOL-GEL PROCESS WITH AN ENCAPSULATED CATALYST - A sol-gel process for preparing a mixture of metal-oxide-metal compounds wherein at least one metal oxide precursor is subjected to a hydrolysis treatment to obtain one or more corresponding metal oxide hydroxides, the metal oxide hydroxides so obtained are subjected to a condensation treatment to form the metal-oxide-metal compounds, which process is carried out in the presence of an encapsulated catalyst, whereby the catalytically active species is released from the encapsulating unit by exposure to an external stimulus, and wherein the catalytically active species released after exposure to such external stimulus is capable of catalyzing the condensation of the metal-hydroxide groups that are present in the metal oxide hydroxides so obtained. | 01-06-2011 |
20110263011 | ANTIFOULING COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES - Method for providing a substrate with an anti-biofouling coating the method comprising: a. obtaining a coating composition comprising nanoparticles being grafted with reactive groups and hydrophilic polymer chains and a solvent; b. applying the coating composition to the substrate; and c. optionally curing the coating composition herein the surface tension of the coating composition at 25° C. is below 40 mN/m. | 10-27-2011 |
20120135149 | IMPROVED ANTI-BIOFOULING COATING - The invention relates to a coating material suitable for providing a substrate with an anti-biofouling coating, the coating material comprising a macromolecule comprising: (A) a macromolecular scaffold comprising a reactive group capable of undergoing a Michael type reaction between a Michael type acceptor group and a Michael type donor group, (B) at least one functional moiety attached to the macromolecular scaffold, said at least one functional moiety comprising a hydrophilic moiety, wherein the functional moiety is derivable from a Michael type reaction, involving the reactive group on the macromolecular scaffold and a reactive hydrophilic moiety and (C) at least one moiety capable of crosslinking the coating material. | 05-31-2012 |