Article coated with coating film, and functional article coated with coating film using the same

• US 7,022,416 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2002
• Issued: 04/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
• Inventors: Teranishi, Toyoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE
• Application Number:
  US10/479,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20040170844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• Field of Search: 428/687, 428/612, 428/613, 428/601, 428/446, 428/448, 428/451, 428/426, 428/428, 428/432, 427/430.1, 427/443.2, 427/397.7
• US Class Current: 428/601
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/1033 Laminated safety glass or glazing containing temporary protective coatings or layers
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3405 with at least two coatings of organic materials C03C17/36, C03C17/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/42 at least one coating of an organic material and at least one non-metal coating
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/42 consisting of particles only
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/76 Hydrophobic and oleophobic coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/77 Coatings having a rough surface
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2218/114 by brushing, pouring or doctorblading
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12396 Discontinuous surface component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12479 Porous [e.g., foamed, spongy, cracked, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/26 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component, the element or component having a specified physical dimension
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31 Surface property or characteristic of web, sheet or block

Abstract

The present invention provides a film-coated article coated by a film having silicon oxide as a main component, in which recesses and projections conferring super hydrophobicity or super hydrophilicity are formed. This film includes minute projections and columnar projections, and the columnar projections are formed by local growth of the minute projections in a thickness direction of the film or formed with a plurality of minute particles constituting the minute projections laminated locally.

Claims

1. A film-coated article comprising:

a substrate; and

a film that contains silicon oxide as a main component and that is formed on a surface of the substrate,

wherein the film comprises minute projections and columnar projections, and the columnar projections are formed by local growth of the minute projections in the thickness direction of the film or formed with a plurality of minute particles that constitute the minute projections and that are stacked locally on the film, occupying not more than 50% of the surface of the film.

2. The film-coated article according to claim 1, wherein a diameter Dc and a height H of the columnar projections satisfy a relationship:

2Dc≦

H.

3. The film-coated article according to claim 2, wherein the diameter Dc is 10 nm to 200 nm and the height H is at least 50 nm.

4. The film-coated article according to claim 3, wherein the minute projections have a diameter Dp of 5 nm to 200 nm.

5. The film-coated article according to claim 1, wherein a surface roughness of the film expressed as an arithmetic mean roughness value (Ra) is at least 10 nm, and a haze value of the film is 1% or less.

6. The film-coated article according to claim 1, wherein a contact angle of water that is measured by dropping 1 mg of water droplets on a surface of the film is 5°

or smaller.

7. A functional-film-coated article comprising:

a film-coated article according to claim 1; and

a functional film formed on the film of the film-coated article, the functional film being either a hydrophobic film or an anti-soiling film.

8. The functional-film-coated article according to claim 7, wherein the hydrophobic film is an organic film containing a fluoroalkyl group.

9. The functional-film-coated article according to claim 7, wherein the anti-soiling film is an organic film containing a polyalkyleneoxy group.

10. The functional-film-coated article according to claim 7, wherein the functional film is a hydrophobic film, and a contact angle of water that is measured by dropping 2 mg of water droplets on a surface of the hydrophobic film is 150°

or greater.

11. A method for producing a film-coated article comprising a substrate and a film that contains silicon oxide as a main component and that is formed on a surface of the substrate, the method comprising:

applying a solution containing a silicon-containing material to a surface of the substrate; and

keeping the substrate wetted with the solution for a time period sufficient for allowing formation of minute projections containing silicon supplied from the silicon-containing material and columnar projections on the surface of the substrate, the columnar projections being formed by local and irregular growth of the minute projections in a film thickness direction or being formed with a plurality of minute particles that constitute the minute projections and that are stacked locally on the surface of the film, occupying not more than 50% of the surface of the film.

12. The method for producing a film-coated article according to claim 11, wherein the silicon-containing material is a chlorosilyl group-containing compound.

13. The method for producing a film-coated article according to claim 11, wherein the solution further comprises a silicone oil.

14. The method for producing a film-coated article according to claim 11, wherein the state where the substrate is wetted with the solution is maintained for at least one second.

15. The method for producing a film-coated article according to claim 11, wherein the solution is applied to the substrate at a temperature of 10°

C. to 40°

C. and relative humidity of 15% to 60%.

16. A method for producing a functional-film-coated article comprising:

applying a solution for forming a functional film that is either a hydrophobic film or an anti-soiling film to a film of a film-coated article produced by the method of claim 11, the film of the film-coated article serving as a primer film.

17. The method for producing a functional-film-coated article according to claim 16, wherein the solution for forming a functional film is applied to the primer film without there being direct contact between the primer film and a device for applying the solution.

18. The method for producing a functional-film-coated article according to claim 16, wherein the solution for forming a functional film is applied while the substrate is wetted with the solution that is applied for forming the primer film.