Applications of a Chemically Adsorbed Monomolecular Layer Having a Fluorocarbon Chain as an Anti-Contamination Film

Abstract

Monomolecular layers having a fluorocarbon chain were developed and made suitable for practical use as anti-contamination films for glasses, such as front door window glass plates of automobiles and window glass plates of electric ovens or microwave ovens, and also for stainless steel applications, such as covers of electric rice cookers, by using a chemical adsorption technique for the first time in the world. The layer was anchored to the substrate surface through covalent bonds. Thus the layer did not peel off and was durable against rubbing and scratching. As the film thickness was from about 1 to 2 nm, the layer was also optically transparent and the luster and color tone of the substrates was maintained. The lowest surface tension obtained was 8.2 mN/m, which is about a half that of Teflon. Although thermo-durability was a little low in comparison with that of Teflon, the production cost was lower. Thus this anti-contamination film should be very useful in the field of anti-contamination surface treatment.