Fabrication of anti-reflection coatings on plastics using the spraying layer-by-layer elf-assembly technique

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Chunder, Anindarupa ^a   Etcheverry, Kenneth ^a   Wadsworth, Samuel ^a   Boreman, Glenn D ^a   Zhai, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflection plastics; Layer by layer self assembly; Spray

Indexed keywords

ABRASION RESISTANCE; ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTIREFLECTION PLASTICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AR COATINGS; ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; FUNCTIONALIZED SUBSTRATES; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LAYER BY LAYER SELF ASSEMBLY; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; LED DISPLAY; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POLY(ALLYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE); POLYCARBONATE SUBSTRATES; POROUS COATINGS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

ABRASION; ADHESION; ARGON; ELASTOMERS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 72149134479     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/JSID17.4.389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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