Development of smart glass materials: surface engineering of anti-fog and self-cleaning glass using dielectric barrier discharge plasmas at atmospheric pressure

玻璃行业正在投入大量资源进行密集的研发计划，以开发使用玻璃的新方法，推出新产品，提高可回收性和有效回收等。几个世纪以来，玻璃的重要性与日俱增，这在未来仍将是一种趋势。尽管生产玻璃的方法多年来没有改变，但在生产过程中，今天必须克服全新的挑战：一方面，要求不断提高生产率和玻璃质量。 正是在这种背景下，总部位于加拿大的Multiver公司对智能玻璃产品的需求满足了21世纪的消费者需求。这些需求与G.Laroche和L.Stafford关于开发基于大气等离子体的工艺以生产防雾和自清洁玻璃材料的研究密切相关。这一工艺具有很大的优势，可以调节水与表面的相互作用，同时可扩展以满足大规模生产的工业要求。 因此，本研究项目的目标将是通过介质阻挡放电大气等离子体来开发防雾和自洁智能玻璃材料，重点研究气体载体、气体前体和等离子体实验参数。

Glass industries are investing significant resources in intensive R&D programmes to develop new ways to use glass, to make available new products, to enhance recyclability and effective recycling, etc. Over the course of centuries, glass has grown in importance - and this will remain a trend in the future. Even though the methods of producing glass have not changed for many years, completely new challenges have to be overcome today in the production processes: On the one hand, constant increases in productivity and glass quality are demanded. It is in this context that Multiver, a Canadian-based company, is in demand for smart glass products to meet consumer needs for the 21st century. These needs are closely aligned with G. Laroche and L. Stafford researches on the development of an atmospheric plasma based process for the production of anti-fog and self-cleaning glass materials. This process presents the great advantage of allowing to modulate the interaction of water with surfaces while being scalable to meet the industrial requirements for mass production. Accordingly, the objectives of the current research project will be to develop anti-fog and self-cleaning smart glass materials through dielectric barrier discharge atmospheric plasmas with focus made on gas carriers, gas precursors, and plasma experimental parameters.