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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Darryl A. Boyd, Alexandria, VA (US);
Jesse A. Frantz, Landover, MD (US);
Shyam S. Bayya, Ashburn, VA (US);
Lynda E. Busse, Alexandria, VA (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Woohong Kim, Lorton, VA (US);
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for producing nanostructured, hydrophilic, transmissive, anti-reflective surfaces is described. The method for providing a hydrophilic surface includes steps of providing a substrate that is transmissive in at least one wavelength in the infrared to ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum and comprises at least one surface including nanostructures of a size smaller than the at least one wavelength; and functionalizing the at least one surface with hydroxyl groups thereon. This method provides devices having excellent transmittance and anti-reflectance properties and which are resistant to seawater.