Acrylic coatings with surprising antifogging and frost-resisting properties

Jie Zhao, Anthony Meyer, Li Ma, Weihua Ming

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Abstract

We report an unusually effective antifogging/frost-resisting coating based on conventional acrylic polymers. The intriguing antifogging property originated from the delicate balance between the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity of the acrylic copolymers of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate, as well as between the water-swellability of the copolymer and the cross-linked network due to ethylene glycol dimethacrylate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11764-11766
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume49
Issue number100
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 21 2013

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