Patent ID: 7588823

Claim:
A method of making an anti-reflective transparent article comprising the steps of: (a) applying onto at least one surface of a transparent substrate an aqueous solution consisting essentially of a hydrolyzed unsaturated alkyl silane and allowing the aqueous solution to be in contact with the at least one surface of the transparent substrate for a time sufficient to allow the hydrolyzed unsaturated alkyl silane to be adsorbed into the at least one surface thereof and form an anchor layer thereon; (b) applying a liquid reaction mixture onto a surface of the anchor layer, wherein the liquid reaction mixture is comprised of at least one fluorinated alkyl ester monomer in the presence of an acrylic acid, an ethyleneglycol diacrylate cross-linker and a photoinitiator; and (c) photopolymerizing the liquid reaction mixture to form a polymeric anti-reflective coating on the anchor layer.