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A facile approach to UV-curable super-hydrophilic polyacrylate coating film grafted on glass substrate

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The super-hydrophilic polymer coating film can easily be be peeled off from a substrate with the existence of water, which is a fatal drawback in practical applications. Herein, a facile approach is proposed to prepare UV-curable super-hydrophilic polyacrylate coating film that is chemically grafted on the surface of γ-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane-modified glass substrate. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy confirmed that the polyacrylate coating films were successfully grafted onto the glass substrate and exhibited rough micro-groove structure. The obtained polyacrylate coating film possessed super-hydrophilicity with the water contact angle close to nearly zero as well as good transmittance and antifogging property.

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    Tao Liang, Hongqiang Li, Xuejun Lai, Xiaojing Su, Lin Zhang & Xingrong Zeng

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Liang, T., Li, H., Lai, X. et al. A facile approach to UV-curable super-hydrophilic polyacrylate coating film grafted on glass substrate. J Coat Technol Res 13, 1115–1121 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-016-9828-y

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