Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the manufacturing of an optical element having a refractive index above 1.59 by additive manufacturing to the optical element obtained by such a method and to an ophthalmic lens including such an optical element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid polymerizable composition including a phosphine oxide or a phosphine sulphide monomer composition with mineral nanoparticles homogeneously dispersed therein, as well as its use for the preparation of a transparent polymeric material having a high refractive index and its use in the optical field.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function, including the determination of a transmission spectrum in a wavelength range from 280 to 2000 nm, the determination of a matrix including at least two compounds absorbing light having a wavelength from 280 to 2000 nm, with regard to the determined transmission spectrum, and additively manufacturing the matrix.

Abstract: An optical system comprising an optical lens •—the optical lens comprising a substrate (2) and a self-healing coating (3) extending along at least part of a surface of the substrate, the self-healing coating having a glass-transition temperature equal to or greater than 40° C. and equal to or smaller than 60° C., and •—the optical system comprising a heating component (4) adapted to heat the self-healing coating at a temperature above the glass-transition temperature of the self-healing coating.

Abstract: This invention relates to an ophthalmic lens comprising a multilayered interferential coating and to a manufacturing method thereof. The ophthalmic lens comprises: an organic substrate having a front main face and a rear main face, and a multilayered interferential coating (30) which is coated on at least one of the front main face and the rear main face, According to the invention, the multilayered interferential coating (30) comprises at least one graphene layer (2) which has a uniform thickness of between 0,1 nm to 1 nm.

Abstract: A method of determining at least one parameter of an ophthalmic lens (40) including a complementary optical element (12) obtained by additive manufacturing and configured to provide at least a part of the optical function of the ophthalmic lens, the determining method including a step of providing two characterizing surfaces simulating two opposite surfaces of a complementary optical element (12), the distance between the two characterizing surfaces along a thickness axis (Z) defining the thickness of the complementary optical element; a step of optimizing the distance between the two characterizing surfaces (20) along the thickness axis (Z) so that the thickness of the complementary optical element reaches a thickness threshold while complying with the optical function of the ophthalmic lens (40); and a step of determining at least one parameter of the ophthalmic lens (40) on the basis of the optimized distance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function includes: a step of additively manufacturing a complementary optical element by depositing a plurality of predetermined volume elements on a predetermined build support, the complementary optical element being configured to provide at least a part of the optical function of the ophthalmic lens, wherein the build support includes at least one added value or adhesive configured to provide to the ophthalmic lens at least one added function. An ophthalmic lens including a build support and a complementary optical element as well as an ophthalmic lens obtained by such a manufacturing method.

Abstract: An eyewear frame having at least one frame component including a stimuli-responsive polymer is provided. The at least one frame component has a physical property which is reversibly changeable in response to a stimulus of non-thermal origin applied to the stimuli-responsive polymer. An eyewear including the eyewear frame, and a method of adjusting the eyewear frame are also provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens, including: a step of providing a starting optical system (30) having a first optical function and a first main refractive index; a step of providing a transition layer (20) intended to be disposed between the starting optical system (30) and a complementary optical element (12) having a second main refractive index, the transition layer (20) aiming at reducing unwanted reflection caused by the mismatch between the first and the second main refractive index, the transition layer (20) having a transition optical function; and a step of additively manufacturing the complementary optical element (12) on the transition layer (20), the complementary optical element (12) having a second optical function, the second optical function being predetermined as a function of the first optical function and of the transition optical function.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid polymerizable composition including a phosphine oxide or a phosphine sulphide monomer composition with mineral nanoparticles homogeneously dispersed therein, as well as its use for the preparation of a transparent polymeric material having a high refractive index and its use in the optical field.

Abstract: The invention concerns a transparent thin liquid crystal alignment film (1) including liquid crystals (2) within a polymerised liquid crystal composition, the film (1) comprising a first main surface (1a), a second main surface (1b) and a bulk (1c) comprised between said opposed two main surfaces (1a, 1b), for which: ? in the vicinity of the first main surface (1a), the liquid crystals (2a) are aligned along a main first direction, ? in the vicinity of the second main surface (1b), the liquid crystals (2b) are aligned along a main second direction, different from the first direction, and in between, the bulk (1c) comprises liquid crystals (2c) maintained in an isotropic orientation. The invention concerns also a process of manufacturing such a liquid crystal alignment film (1) and a polarization-independent spatial phase modulator including such a liquid crystal alignment film (1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising a substrate having a main surface coated with a mesoporous antistatic coating, said coating having a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.5, and a silica based matrix functionalized by ammonium groups, said matrix having a hydrophobic character. Under certain conditions, the mesoporous antistatic coating is a single-layer anti-reflection coating or is part of a multi-layer anti-reflection coating. This invention further relates to a method for manufacturing said article, and to the use of a mesoporous coating having a silica based matrix functionalized by ammonium groups, as an antistatic coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising a substrate having a main surface coated with a mesoporous antistatic coating, said coating having a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.5, and a silica based matrix functionalized by ammonium groups, said matrix having a hydrophobic character. Under certain conditions, the mesoporous antistatic coating is a single-layer anti-reflection coating or is part of a multi-layer anti-reflection coating. This invention further relates to a method for manufacturing said article, and to the use of a mesoporous coating having a silica based matrix functionalized by ammonium groups, as an antistatic coating.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid polymerizable composition including a phosphine oxide or a phosphine sulphide monomer composition with mineral nanoparticles homogeneously dispersed therein, as well as its use for the preparation of a transparent polymeric material having a high refractive index and its use in the optical field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate provided with a coating comprising silanol groups on the surface thereof and, directly contacting this coating, an anti-fog coating precursor coating, said precursor coating having a static contact angle with water of more than 10° and of less than 50°, a thickness lower than or equal to 5 nm, and being obtained through the grafting of at least one organosilane compound having a polyoxyalkylene group comprising less than 80 carbon atoms and at least one silicon atom bearing at least one hydrolyzable group. The anti-fog coating precursor is converted into an actual anti-fog coating by applying on the surface thereof a film of a liquid solution comprising at least one surfactant. The anti-fog coating is immediately operational and provides long-lasting effects.

Abstract: The invention relates to an article comprising a substrate coated with a mesoporous coating and a coating acting as a barrier to sebum, having a thickness lower than or equal to 20 nm, directly deposited on the mesoporous coating, and comprising at least one silica-based layer, said silica-based layer having a thickness of at least 5 nm, comprising at least 90% by weight of silica, relative to the layer total weight, and having been deposited by physical vapor deposition. The invention also relates to a method for preparing such an article and to the use of a coating acting as a barrier to sebum as defined above in order to prevent the penetration of sebum into the porosity of a mesoporous coating formed on a main surface of the substrate of an article.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochromic optical lens and a method for the preparation thereof. The lens includes an electrode and a counter-electrode bearing an electrochromic material separated by a solid polymer electrolyte. The method consists of preparing the electrode and the counter-electrode and the assembly thereof by the surfaces thereof bearing the electrochromic material by interleaving an electrolyte membrane between said surfaces. The electrolyte membrane is interleaved in the form of a composition free of volatile liquid solvent, including a precursor of the polymer and a salt, which is liquid or which has a dynamic viscosity [mu] between 100 and 106 Pa·s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising a substrate having a main surface coated with a mesoporous antistatic coating, said coating having a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.5, and a silica based matrix functionalized by ammonium groups, said matrix having a hydrophobic character. Under certain conditions, the mesoporous antistatic coating is a single-layer anti-reflection coating or is part of a multi-layer anti-reflection coating. This invention further relates to a method for manufacturing said article, and to the use of a mesoporous coating having a silica based matrix functionalized by ammonium groups, as an antistatic coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate provided with a coating comprising silanol groups on the surface thereof and, directly contacting this coating, an anti-fog coating precursor coating, said precursor coating having a static contact angle with water of more than 10° and of less than 50°, a thickness lower than or equal to 5 nm, and being obtained through the grafting of at least one organosilane compound having a polyoxyalkylene group comprising less than 80 carbon atoms and at least one silicon atom bearing at least one hydrolyzable group. The anti-fog coating precursor is converted into an actual anti-fog coating by applying on the surface thereof a film of a liquid solution comprising at least one surfactant. The anti-fog coating is immediately operational and provides long-lasting effects.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical article comprising an organic or mineral glass substrate, a layer of a polymeric material and an intermediate layer possessing antistatic properties in direct contact with a main face of the substrate and the layer of polymeric material, the intermediate layer comprising a mixture of colloidal particles of at least one electrically conductive, colloidal metal oxide, of colloidal particles of at least one colloidal mineral oxide having a refractive index of 1.