Nissan Motor Company Limited

Ryuzo Uemura

Takatoshi Sagawa

Ichiro Nakamura

Toshikazu Nishide

Yasuo Tateoka

The disclosure relates to a metal oxide film formed on a glass substrate by a sol-gel method using a solution of at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate. Water which is in the amount ranging from 50 to 400 mol % of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate, an organic solvent and a catalyst are added to the solution, thereby to form a first sol. To afford water repellency to the oxide film, a fluoroalkylsilane in the amount more than 0.30 mol % of and less than 3.0 mol % of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate, or an alkylsilane compound in the amount more than 4.0 mol % of and less than 20 mol % of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate, is added to the first sol, thereby forming a second sol. The concentration of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate in the second sol is adjusted to fall within the range from 0.005 to 3.0 mol %. The second sol is applied to the glass substrate to form a gel film. The gel film is heated at a temperature not lower than 100.degree. C. The obtained oxide film is superior in durability of water repellency.

Method of forming water-repellent metal oxide film coated on glass

Disclosed is an improved surface-hardening coating on a plastic body such as a plastic lens. The surface-hardening coating consists of a hard-coat layer of a polymer base composition and an underlying primer layer, which contains an ultraviolet absorber low in the bleeding tendency amounting to 0.5-50 wt % of the plastic component of the primer. A triazole having a vapor pressure not higher than 1.times.10.sup.-5 KPa at 100.degree. C. is preferred as the ultraviolet absorber. The introduction of such an ultraviolet absorber into the primer layer has the effect of greatly enhancing the durability and weatherability of the coating without sacrificing the surface hardness.

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Ryuzo Uemura