title: Antireflective Coatings for Glass and Transparent Polymers.
abstract: Antireflective coatings (ARCs) are applied to reduce surface reflections. We review coatings that reduce the reflection of the surface of the transparent substrates float glass, polyethylene terephthalate, poly(methyl methacrylate), and polycarbonate. Three main coating concepts exist to lower the reflection at the interface of a transparent substrate and air: multilayer interference coatings, graded index coatings, and quarter-wave coatings. We introduce and discuss these three concepts, and zoom in on porous quarter-wave coatings comprising colloidal particles. We extensively discuss the four routes for introducing porosity in quarter-wave coatings through the use of colloidal particles, which have the highest potential for application: (1) packing of dense nanospheres, (2) integration of voids through hollow nanospheres, (3) integration of voids through sacrificial particle templates, and (4) packing of nonspherical nanoparticles. Finally, we address the remaining challenges in the field of ARCs, and elaborate on potential strategies for future research in this area.
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), De Rondom 1, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands.|DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buskens
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), De Rondom 1, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burghoorn
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), De Rondom 1, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maurice Christian Danho
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mourad
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), De Rondom 1, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands.|Zuyd University of Applied Sciences , Nieuw Eyckholt 300, 6419 DJ Heerlen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Zeger
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vroon