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News Release from: Daikin Chemical Europe | Subject: Optool DSX
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 March 2003
Surface treatment resists oil and water
marks
A new ultra-high-performance surface treatment for precious surfaces has been launched by Daikin Chemical Europe.
A new ultra-high-performance surface treatment for precious surfaces has been launched by Daikin Chemical Europe Branded Optool DSX, this fluoropolymer treatment has functional groups designed to form covalent bonds with selected substrates
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 25 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Adding a small amount of DAC renders the surface of the coating highly resistant to fingerprints and markers.
It provides an extremely thin coating, probably monomolecular, which does not affect the visual or optical properties of the treated substrate.
Optool DSX can be applied wet from a very dilute solution or dry by vapour deposition.
Suitable substrates are reported to include antireflective coatings, ceramic and glassy surfaces, metals and metal oxides.
Surfaces treated with Optool DSX exhibit exceptional resistance to oil and water based marking, for example from fingerprints.
Any marks which do remain on the surface after contact are easily removed by wiping.
Typical applications are for high value items, and early uses include spectacle lenses, screens for PDAs, cellphones, video cameras, computerised control terminals and high precision mirrors.
In the coming months Daikin Chemical Europe's new business team will launch other speciality coatings, including resins, surfactants and optical adhesives.
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