Abstract:
An optical article having anti-fogging properties, comprising a substrate having one main face coated with an anti-reflecting stack of layers of low refractive index (Ll) and high refractive index (HI) including an outermost and innermost layer, wherein the outermost layer of the anti-reflecting stack is a sandwich layer comprising a core portion interleaved between two side portions, said core portion being made of SiO2, SiOx with 1 =x2 and SiOx or a mixture of SiO2 and/or SiOx with 10% by weight or less, based on the total weight of the mixture, of AI2O3, having a physical thickness ranging from 20 to 150 nm, preferably 30 to 80 nm and being formed by vacuum evaporation deposition in a vacuum chamber at a deposition rate of at least 1.10 nm/s and/or maintaining a pressure higher than or equal to 1 x10-4 mbar, preferably ranging from 1.2 x 10-4 mbar to 5 x 10-4 mbar in said vacuum chamber during deposition by introducing inside said vacuum chamber at least one gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen, an inert gas or a mixture thereof, said gas pressure, the side portions being made of a material selected from the same materials as for the core portion, having a physical thickness of 1 to 50 nm, preferably from 2 to 20 nm and being formed by vacuum evaporation deposition at a deposition rate of less than 1.10 nm/s and maintaining a pressure ranging from 1 x10-5 mbar to less than 1 x 10-4 mbar, preferably 0.2 x 10-4 mbar 0.5 x10-4 mbar inside the vacuum chamber, optionally by introducing at least one gas selected from the same group as for the core portion, and, wherein the innermost layer is made of a material selected from the same group as for the core portion of the outermost layer, said innermost layer having a physical thickness ranging from 50 to 500 nm, preferably 100 to 300 nm and being formed by vacuum evaporation deposition at a deposition rate of at least 1.10 nm/s and/or maintaining a pressure higher than or equal to 1 x10-4 mbar, preferably ranging from 1.2 x 10-4 mbar to 5 x 10-4 mbar in said vacuum chamber by introducing inside said vacuum chamber at least one gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen, an inert gas or a mixture thereof.
Abstract:
An optical article having anti-fogging properties, comprising a substrate having one main face coated with an anti-reflecting stack of layers of low refractive index (Ll) and high refractive index (HI) including an outermost and innermost layer, wherein the outermost layer of the anti-reflecting stack is a sandwich layer comprising a core portion interleaved between two side portions, said core portion being made of SiO2, SiOx with 1 =x2 and SiOx or a mixture of SiO2 and/or SiOx with 10% by weight or less, based on the total weight of the mixture, of AI2O3, having a physical thickness ranging from 20 to 150 nm, preferably 30 to 80 nm and being formed by vacuum evaporation deposition in a vacuum chamber at a deposition rate of at least 1.10 nm/s and/or maintaining a pressure higher than or equal to 1 x10-4 mbar, preferably ranging from 1.2 x 10-4 mbar to 5 x 10-4 mbar in said vacuum chamber during deposition by introducing inside said vacuum chamber at least one gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen, an inert gas or a mixture thereof, said gas pressure, the side portions being made of a material selected from the same materials as for the core portion, having a physical thickness of 1 to 50 nm, preferably from 2 to 20 nm and being formed by vacuum evaporation deposition at a deposition rate of less than 1.10 nm/s and maintaining a pressure ranging from 1 x10-5 mbar to less than 1 x 10-4 mbar, preferably 0.2 x 10-4 mbar 0.5 x10-4 mbar inside the vacuum chamber, optionally by introducing at least one gas selected from the same group as for the core portion, and, wherein the innermost layer is made of a material selected from the same group as for the core portion of the outermost layer, said innermost layer having a physical thickness ranging from 50 to 500 nm, preferably 100 to 300 nm and being formed by vacuum evaporation deposition at a deposition rate of at least 1.10 nm/s and/or maintaining a pressure higher than or equal to 1 x10-4 mbar, preferably ranging from 1.2 x 10-4 mbar to 5 x 10-4 mbar in said vacuum chamber by introducing inside said vacuum chamber at least one gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen, an inert gas or a mixture thereof.
Abstract:
A process is provided where at least one main face of an optical lens is subjected to a corona discharge or atmospheric plasma treatment. The optical lens is dipped in a curable coating composition to deposit a layer of the curable coating composition on said main face, and is then cured. During the whole process, the optical lens is carried by a same lens holder so that the lens face is freely accessible and without necessitating manual handling of the lens.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a layer of a new final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating which comprises: (a) providing a coated optical lens having an initial outermost coating layer having a surface contact angle with water of at least 65°; (b) subjecting the initial outermost coating layer to a treatment with activated chemical species at about atmospheric pressure, and for less than one minute, in order there is obtained a treated surface having a contact angle with water of 10° or less; and (c) depositing on said treated surface a layer of a final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating.
Abstract:
Methods for edging optical articles comprising two main faces, at least one of which being coated with an outermost layer comprising fixing the optical article to a chuck with a holding pad that adheres to both the optical article and the chuck, wherein the surface of the holding pad contacting the optical comprises an adhesive material; and edging the optical article with an edging device; wherein prior to fixing the optical article to the chuck, at least one temporary layer of an organic material is formed onto said outermost layer of the optical article, the organic material of the temporary layer comprising at least one organic compound having a fluorinated functional moiety and at least one linking functional moiety capable of establishing at least one intermolecular bond or interaction with the adhesive material of the holding pad. Optical articles obtained via these methods.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a layer of a new final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating which comprises: (a) providing a coated optical lens having an initial outermost coating layer having a surface contact angle with water of at leas t 65~; (b) subjecting the initial outermost coating layer to a treatment with activated chemical species at about atmospheric pressure, and for less than one minute, in order there is obtained a treated surface having a contact angle with water of 10~ or less; and (c) depositing on said treated surface a layer of a final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating.
Abstract:
Methods for edging optical articles comprising two main faces, at least one of which being coated with an outermost layer comprising fixing the optical article to a chuck with a holding pad that adheres to both the optical article and the chuck, wherein the surface of the holding pad contacting the optical comprises an adhesive material; and edging the optical article with an edging device; wherein prior to fixing the optical article to the chuck, at least one temporary layer of an organic material is formed onto said outermost layer of the optical article, the organic material of the temporary layer comprising at least one organic compound having a fluorinated functional moiety and at least one linking functional moiety capable of establishing at least one intermolecular bond or interaction with the adhesive material of the holding pad. Optical articles obtained via these methods.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a layer of a new final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating which comprises: (a) providing a coated optical lens having an initial outermost coating layer having a surface contact angle with water of at least 65°; (b) subjecting the initial outermost coating layer to a treatment with activated chemical species at about atmospheric pressure, and for less than one minute, in order there is obtained a treated surface having a contact angle with water of 10° or less; and (c) depositing on said treated surface a layer of a final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for replacing an initial outermost coating layer of a coated optical lens with a layer of a new final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating which comprises: (a) providing a coated optical lens having an initial outermost coating layer having a surface contact angle with water of at leas t 65~; (b) subjecting the initial outermost coating layer to a treatment with activated chemical species at about atmospheric pressure, and for less than one minute, in order there is obtained a treated surface having a contact angle with water of 10~ or less; and (c) depositing on said treated surface a layer of a final coating having surface properties different from those of said initial outermost coating.