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Anti-Reflection Coating Technology Based High Refractive Index Lens with Ultra-Violet Rays Blocking Function

반사방지 코팅기술 기반 자외선 차단 기능의 고굴절률 안경렌즈

  • Kim, Ki-Chul (Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Mokwon University)
  • 김기출 (목원대학교 신소재화학공학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.01
  • Accepted : 2016.12.08
  • Published : 2016.12.31

Abstract

Ultra-violet rays are very harmful to eye health care. The blocking of ultra-violet rays and a reduction of optical reflection in the visible light range, which is to increase the share of transmitted light, and avoid the formation of ghost images in imaging, are important for the applications of polymer eyeglasses lenses. In this study, the high-refractive index polymer lenses, n=1.67, were fabricated by injection-molded method with the xylene diisocyanate monomer, 2,3-bis-1-propanethiol monomer, and benzotriazol UV absorber (SEESORB 709) mixture. To reduce the reflection of the polymer lens surfaces, multi-layer anti-reflection (AR) coatings were coated for both sides of the polymer lens using an E-beam evaporation system. The optical properties of the UV blocking polymer lens were characterized using a UV-visible spectrometer. The material properties of the thin films, which were composed AR coating layers, refractive index, and surface roughness, were analyzed by ellipsometry and atomic force microscopy. As a result, the fabricated polymer lens perfectly blocked ultra-violet rays below 395 nm with a blocking rate greater than 99%.

파장 400 nm 이하의 자외선은 눈 건강에 매우 해롭다. 특히 UVA (315 nm ~ 400 nm)는 백내장, 설안염, 초자체경화 등을 유발할 수 있고, UVB (280 nm ~ 315 nm)는 결막염, 각막염 및 설안염 등을 일으킬 수 있다. 따라서 폴리머 안경렌즈를 사용함에 있어서 자외선의 차단 기능과 가시광선 영역에서 투과되는 빛을 증가시키고, 안경렌즈 표면에서 형성되는 허상을 방지하는 반사방지 기능은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 m-자일릴렌 디이소시아네이트 모노머와 2,3-Bis-1-propanethiol 모노머 및 벤조트리아졸 UV 흡수제 (SEESORB 709), 안료 혼합물, 이염화 이부틸 주석 촉매제, 알킬인산 에스터 이형제 등의 혼합물을 인젝션 몰드 방법으로 열중합 공정을 적용하여, 굴절률 1.67의 고굴절률 폴리머 안경렌즈를 제조하였다. 폴리머 안경렌즈 표면에서의 반사를 줄이기 위하여 렌즈 양면에 다층박막 반사방지 코팅을 E-beam 증착 시스템으로 코팅하였다. 자외선 차단 폴리머 안경렌즈의 광학적 특성을 UV-visible spectrometer로 분석하였고, 반사방지층을 구성하는 박막의 굴절률, 표면거칠기 등과 같은 박막소재 특성을 각각 Ellipsometry 및 원자힘 현미경으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과 제조된 안경렌즈는 395 nm 파장 이하의 자외선을 99% 이상 완벽하게 차단하였다.

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