SBIR Phase I: Renewable, Transparent, Superhydrophobic Coatings for Eye Protection Equipment

SBIR 第一阶段：用于护眼设备的可再生、透明、超疏水涂层

• 批准号: 1142300
• 负责人: Lebo Xu
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Nelum Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1142300&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Renewable; Transparent; Superhydrophobic

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop a highly transparent, highly water-resistant (so called superhydrophobic) surface coating material, which is a solution that can be directly applied by users onto eye protective equipment in no more than two steps. Importantly, the material can be removed and re-applied without damaging the surface. In this project, an optimal formulation of the solution will be determined. The effects of surface morphology, and coating methods (e.g. dipping vs. spraying) on water repellency, transparency, and adhesion to plastic substrates that are typically used for eye protective equipment, will be studied. It is anticipated that the resulting coating material will be robust against regular buffing but removable using an appropriate solvent if desired for reapplication. The broader/commercial impact of this project will be the potential to provide a simple and consumer-friendly coating that is both superhydrophobic and highly transparent for eye protective equipment, such as goggles, glasses, and eye shields. Potential follow-on applications include the coating of windshields, and other surfaces that also require a high degree of water resistance. Existing superhydrophobic coatings either are not very transparent, or require multiple application steps that are not user-friendly and could damage the surface being coated. Advances made through this project will have significant long-term safety and commercial impacts for consumer-applied superhydrophobic coatings.

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在开发一种高透明、高防水（所谓的超疏水）表面涂层材料，这是一种解决方案，用户只需不超过两个步骤就可以直接将其应用到眼睛保护设备上。重要的是，材料可以被移除并重新应用，而不会损坏表面。在本项目中，将确定解决方案的最佳配方。将研究表面形态和涂层方法（例如浸渍与喷涂）对防水性、透明度和与通常用于眼部防护设备的塑料基材的粘附性的影响。预期所得涂层材料将对常规抛光具有鲁棒性，但如果需要重新施用，则可使用适当的溶剂除去。该项目的更广泛/商业影响将是提供一种简单且消费者友好的涂层的潜力，该涂层既具有超疏水性，又具有高度透明性，适用于护目镜，眼镜和眼罩等眼睛保护设备。潜在的后续应用包括挡风玻璃涂层，以及其他需要高度防水性的表面。现有的超疏水涂层要么不是非常透明，要么需要多个应用步骤，这些步骤不是用户友好的，并且可能会损坏被涂覆的表面。通过该项目取得的进展将对消费者应用的超疏水涂层产生重大的长期安全性和商业影响。