Antifogging surfaces with unique properties to migrate severe fog formation have gained extensive interest, which is of particular interest for transparent substrates to obtain high visibility and transparency. To date, a large number of strategies including superhydrophilic or superhydrophobic surfaces and titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based composite coatings have been developed based on different mechanisms. Although these surfaces exhibit effective antifogging properties, the rigid nanostructures, cumbersome preparation, and the need for UV light excitation largely limit their widespread applications. Herein, we report a zwitter-wettable antifogging and frost-resisting coating through a fast UV-curable cross-linking of copolymer with benzophenone groups. A series of random copolymers consisting of hydrophilic hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEA), hydrophobic methyl methacrylate (MMA), and benzophenone-based acrylate units are developed by thermally triggered free-radical polymerization. Upon UV light irradiation, a highly efficient antifogging/frost-resisting coating is covalently bonded on a polycarbonate plate surface, maintaining a light transmission higher than 85%, which was confirmed in both high and low temperature anti-fog tests. Moreover, the wetting behaviors reveal that the antifogging performance exhibited by the zwitter-wettable surface mainly relies on its surface water-adsorbing capability to imbibe condensed water vapor on the surface outmost layer. Notably, the antifogging/frost-resisting behaviors can be well regulated by adjusting the hydrophilic/hydrophobic units, due to the proper balance between the water-adsorption and coating stability. Owing to its simplicity, low-cost preparation and high efficiency, this UV-curable acrylate antifogging coating may find a wide range of applications in various display devices in analytical and detection instruments.
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Tang, Chunyi
Liu, Weiqu
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Liu, Weiqu
Ma, Songqi
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Ma, Songqi
Wang, Zhengfang
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Wang, Zhengfang
Hu, Chaohui
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
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Yantai Zhongke Res Inst Adv Mat & Green Chem Engn, Shandong Lab Adv Mat & Green Mfg, Yantai 264006, Shandong, Peoples R China
Harbin Engn Univ, Yantai Res Inst, Yantai 264006, Shandong, Peoples R ChinaYantai Zhongke Res Inst Adv Mat & Green Chem Engn, Shandong Lab Adv Mat & Green Mfg, Yantai 264006, Shandong, Peoples R China
Zhang, Lina
Feng, Kai
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Feng, Kai
Liu, Yizhe
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Liu, Yizhe
Wu, Fangrong
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Wu, Fangrong
Liu, Yubo
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Liu, Yubo
Yu, Bo
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Chinese Acad Sci, Lanzhou Inst Chem Phys, State Key Lab Solid Lubricat, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R ChinaYantai Zhongke Res Inst Adv Mat & Green Chem Engn, Shandong Lab Adv Mat & Green Mfg, Yantai 264006, Shandong, Peoples R China
Yu, Bo
Pei, Xiaowei
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Yantai Zhongke Res Inst Adv Mat & Green Chem Engn, Shandong Lab Adv Mat & Green Mfg, Yantai 264006, Shandong, Peoples R China
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Pei, Xiaowei
Liu, Lijia
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Zhang, Chunhong
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Zhang, Chunhong
Wu, Yang
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Yantai Zhongke Res Inst Adv Mat & Green Chem Engn, Shandong Lab Adv Mat & Green Mfg, Yantai 264006, Shandong, Peoples R China
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Wu, Yang
Zhou, Feng
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