Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfaces

Summary: Anti-smudge coating materials have a broad prospect, but they are susceptible to wear from nails and sand. Therefore, the potential application of such coatings on glass substrates needs coating features such as superhardness and high transparency. However, realizing these key properties co...

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Main Authors: Jieran Li, Xiubin Xu, Dian Lin, Yueyan Liang, Yashi Huang, Xu Wu
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Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225002561
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description Summary: Anti-smudge coating materials have a broad prospect, but they are susceptible to wear from nails and sand. Therefore, the potential application of such coatings on glass substrates needs coating features such as superhardness and high transparency. However, realizing these key properties combined with anti-smudge function is significantly challenging. In this work, we show a conceptional nanoparticle pattern designing strategy of materials, inspired by stepping on cobblestone roads with the foot feeling of only the hardness of stones. Realize the nanoparticle pattern surface of “cobblestone roads” via facile and scalable interfacial reactions within a molecular compatible system, to successfully achieve the desired coating material properties including anti-smudge, superhardness, and high transparency. The coating was composed of tensely crosslinked sub-10 nm building blocks that bear an anti-smudge molecular layer, exhibiting undistinguished inorganic phase behavior when it was subjected to external forces within the contact point of micro- or above 10 nm nanoscale.
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spelling doaj-art-a663040502ca4fd094e7d8f27f8bb9c72025-08-20T02:45:18ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-03-0128311199610.1016/j.isci.2025.111996Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfacesJieran Li0Xiubin Xu1Dian Lin2Yueyan Liang3Yashi Huang4Xu Wu5School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China; Corresponding authorSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China; Corresponding authorSummary: Anti-smudge coating materials have a broad prospect, but they are susceptible to wear from nails and sand. Therefore, the potential application of such coatings on glass substrates needs coating features such as superhardness and high transparency. However, realizing these key properties combined with anti-smudge function is significantly challenging. In this work, we show a conceptional nanoparticle pattern designing strategy of materials, inspired by stepping on cobblestone roads with the foot feeling of only the hardness of stones. Realize the nanoparticle pattern surface of “cobblestone roads” via facile and scalable interfacial reactions within a molecular compatible system, to successfully achieve the desired coating material properties including anti-smudge, superhardness, and high transparency. The coating was composed of tensely crosslinked sub-10 nm building blocks that bear an anti-smudge molecular layer, exhibiting undistinguished inorganic phase behavior when it was subjected to external forces within the contact point of micro- or above 10 nm nanoscale.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225002561Natural sciencesApplied sciencesMaterials science
spellingShingle Jieran Li
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title Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfaces
title_full Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfaces
title_fullStr Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfaces
title_full_unstemmed Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfaces
title_short Anti-smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra-small nanoparticle pattern surfaces
title_sort anti smudge superhard transparent coatings via ultra small nanoparticle pattern surfaces
topic Natural sciences
Applied sciences
Materials science
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225002561
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