Hydrophobic property of magnesium fluoride thin film coating

Authors

Ivan B. Culaba Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Marianne C. Tarun Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Erwin P. Enriquez Department of Chemistry, Ateneo de Manila University

Abstract

Low index magnesium fluoride (MgF₂, n = 1.34) thin film coating is investigated for its hydrophobic property. An effective measure of the hydrophobicity of a surface is the contact angle of a liquid droplet on the surface, which also predicts the surface energy. MgF₂-coated glass is found to have large contact angle as compared to an uncoated glass. MgF₂ thin film coating does not significantly change the optical transmittance property of the glass which makes it a possible hydrophobic coating for windshield application.

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Issue

2003: Proceedings of the 21st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2003-PB-09

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2003-10-22

How to Cite

[1]

IB Culaba, MC Tarun, and EP Enriquez, Hydrophobic property of magnesium fluoride thin film coating, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 21, SPP-2003-PB-09 (2003). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2003-PB-09.