Hydrophobic & Oleophobic Coating Technologies for Polymer Optics

With the recent boom in touch-based and head-mounted polymer displays, a need has arisen to improve the ability of polymer display substrates to resist fingerprints from users. To combat this issue, manufacturers have turned to the thin-film coating industry for a solution originally pioneered in the ophthalmic lens industry. The solution at present time is in the form of a fluorocarbon based thin-film coating referred to as hydrophobic or oleophobic.