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In the interest of a science of simplicity, investigation within coating technology calls for a step towards overcoming the drawbacks of conventional methodologies, e.g., costly nanofabrication and naive transmittance measurement. In this study, we present a simple and yet highly comprehensive process throughout an all-organic fabrication, surface characterization, dynamic fogging profiling, and optical character recognition test. The optical coating was prepared by an affordable process. When mixed with our functional monomer, it showed a great anti-fog functionality (below to 10° of water contact angle). Herewith, we devised two novel analytical methods based on HSV color measurement and optical character recognition with using a smartphone. After all, we expect these feasible and holistic methods to enable the simpler and realistic investigation of the anti-fog materials.
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This work was supported by Seoul National University of Science and Technology. Authors personally appreciate Sidae Hyun, OCR software engineer at s for designing the algorithm chart.
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Kim, H.J., Choi, J. & Noh, H. A Feasible and Holistic Characterization of an Affordable Anti-Fog Coating Enhancing Readability. Macromol. Res. 28 (Suppl 1), 1241–1247 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-020-8160-7
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