Anti-Reflective Coatings on Plastic Substrates

High application temperatures mean that conventional anti-reflective (AR) coatings can only be applied to glass substrates. A new, easily applied anti-reflective coating has been designed which can be applied to both plastic and glass substrates. The single layer coating applied to an acrylic substrate has proven to be better performing than current commercial single layer anti-reflective coatings. This performance has been achieved from an amorphous fluoropolymer solution which is dip coated onto the substrate. Film thickness is calculated from solution properties before being coated then measured after coating application.