Anti-Reflective Super Hydrophobic Lenses

Anti-Reflective Super Hydrophobic Lenses

The making of a Hydrophobic lens.

By treating our lenses with a Hydrophobic (based on Silica polymers) coating we are filling the spaces between the crystals of Metal oxides of which the coating layer consists. There are hundreds of thousands of these crystals that are deposited on the lens surface during the coating process. There are spaces between these crystals or rods into which dirt and grease penetrates during normal use of the lens. The Hydrophobic coating will fill these gaps and create a smooth surface without changing the properties of the A-R coating. Dirt stays on top of the surface and can not go in between the above mentioned gaps.

Next step is a super hydrophobic treatment which adds antistatic and hydrophilic properties to the lens thus reduces attraction to dust (charged particles) and makes the lens more cleanable with water based solutions. Therefore the lens becomes easily cleanable and less smudgy.