A Feasible and Holistic Characterization of an Affordable Anti-Fog Coating Enhancing Readability

• Published in: Macromolecular research Vol. 28; no. Suppl 1; pp. 1241 - 1247
• Main Authors: Kim, Hyeok Jung, Choi, Jongmin, Noh, Hyeran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul The Polymer Society of Korea 01.12.2020; Springer Nature B.V; 한국고분자학회
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Color measurement; Complex Fluids and Microfluidics; Contact angle; Fog; Fogging; Nanochemistry; Nanofabrication; Nanotechnology; Optical character recognition; Optical coatings; Physical Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Soft and Granular Matter; Surface properties; 고분자공학; hydrophilic; water droplet; contact angle; optical material; fog
• ISSN: 1598-5032; 2092-7673
• DOI: 10.1007/s13233-020-8160-7

In the interest of a science of simplicity, investigation within coating technology calls for a step towards overcoming the drawbacks of conventional methodologies, e.g., costly nanofabrication and naive transmittance measurement. In this study, we present a simple and yet highly comprehensive process throughout an all-organic fabrication, surface characterization, dynamic fogging profiling, and optical character recognition test. The optical coating was prepared by an affordable process. When mixed with our functional monomer, it showed a great anti-fog functionality (below to 10° of water contact angle). Herewith, we devised two novel analytical methods based on HSV color measurement and optical character recognition with using a smartphone. After all, we expect these feasible and holistic methods to enable the simpler and realistic investigation of the anti-fog materials.