Optical adhesive system having low refractive index
AssigneeHughes Aircraft Company
InventorJohn E. Jensen
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Abstract
An optical cement system having an index of refraction of 1.50 or less, which can be used to bond pieces of optical quality glass during the preparation of devices. The surfaces of the glass pieces to be bonded are treated with an organosilane to produce activated sites, to which the adhesive forms a chemical bond. The adhesive is prepared by mixing together a transparent polymerizable monomer having a refractive index of 1.50 or less, a thickener, and an initiator. The adhesive is flowable, and its consistency is determined by the nature of the thickener. A layer of the adhesive is placed between the pieces of organosilane-treated glass, and polymerized by ultraviolet light or other energy, bonding the pieces of glass together with an adhesive having a refractive index less than that of the glass.
Claims5
A process for bonding together two transparent pieces of glass to form an optical glass laminate, comprising the steps of:
- contacting the glass surfaces to be bonded with a solution of an organosilane coupling agent having at least one functional group capable of reacting with a hydroxyl group;
- preparing an adhesive consisting of a mixture of
- a monomer selected from the group consisting of pentadecafluorooctyl acrylate, tetrafluoro-3-(heptafluoropropoxy) propyl acrylate, tetrafluoro-3-(pentafluorethoxy) propyl acrylate, undecafluorohexyl acrylate, nonafluoropentyl acrylate, tetrafluoro-3-(trifluoromethoxy) propyl acrylate, pentafluorovinyl propionate, heptafluorobutyl acrylate, trifluorovinyl acetate, octafluoropentyl acrylate, pentafluoropropyl acrylate, 2-(heptafluorobutoxy) ethyl acrylate, 2,2,3,4,4,4-hexafluorobutyl acrylate, trifluoroethyl acrylate, 2-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy) ethyl acrylate, trifluoroisopropyl methacrylate, 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-methylethyl methacrylate, 2-(trifluoroethoxyethyl) acrylate, trifluoroethyl methacrylate, 4-fluoro-2-trifluoromethylstyrene, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, 3-ethoxypropyl acrylate, and vinyl acetate, and mixtures thereof,
- a thickening agent, and
- an initiator agent for the polymerization of the monomer;
- placing a layer of the adhesive between the pieces of glass;
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- polymerizing the adhesive at a temperature at which the adhesive after polymerization is transparent and noncrystalline, thereby bonding together the pieces of glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.