Method for developing a coating having a high light transmission and/or a low light reflection

A method for developing a coating, the method comprising:

• depositing the coating on a substrate, wherein the coating is deposited as a mixed coating comprising a mixture of a material A and a material B, wherein the coating is deposited with a gradient in non-zero proportions of the material B in the mixture over at least part of the coating thickness profile, wherein a proportion of the material B in the mixture at a substrate surface is less than a proportion of the material B in the mixture at a coating surface, wherein the substrate surface is a surface of the substrate on which the coating is deposited and the coating surface is a surface of the coating that faces away from the substrate surface;
• and
• at least partially removing the material B from the coating after the coating is deposited on the substrate while preserving at least a portion of the material A in an area of the mixture from which the material B is removed.