1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to eyeglasses and a lens for the same that absorbs most visible light, infrared light, or ultraviolet light.
2. Description of Related Art
There is increasing awareness of the damage being done to human skin and eyes from unprotected exposure to the sun. Concerns about exposure to ultraviolet light in particular have heightened, due to concerns about damage to the ozone layer. Exposure to the sun naturally occurs in many outdoor sports, such as golf, tennis, fishing, and bicycling. Additionally, many people simply enjoy relaxing outdoors in the sun.
When someone is sunbathing or engaging in an activity which will result in significant exposure to solar light, the person may make suitable preparations, such as wearing sunglasses and using sunscreen to protect the eyes and skin.
However, sunglasses have been traditionally designed for absorbing particular wavelengths of solar light and prevent a small proportion of glare such that the efficiency of eye protection is not sufficient to decrease the probability of damage to the eyes.
Thus, there remains a need to produce eyeglasses that can absorb most wavelengths of solar light and prevent a large proportion of glare.
Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
According to an embodiment, a pair of eyeglasses 10 as illustrated in
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In the embodiment, the cover layer 15 is fabricated using a transparent high polymer material, such as epoxy resin, with a thickness of about 200 micrometers (μm) to prevent damage of the CNT film 16. However, in other embodiments, the cover layer 15 can be fabricated using other transparent high polymer materials, such as cellulose, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), acrylic resin, polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinylchloride (PVC), Bakelite, silica gel, polyester, or any combination thereof.
Similarly, the substrate 18 is fabricated using a transparent high polymer material, such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), with a thickness of about 1.2 millimeters (mm) to support the CNT film 16. However, in other embodiments, the thickness of the substrate 18 can be in a range from about 0.5 mm to about 3 mm, and the substrate 18 can be fabricated using other transparent high polymer materials, such as glass, polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate, benzocyclobutene (BCB), or any combination thereof. Accordingly, transparency of the substrate 18 is about 92%.
The CNT film 16 of the lens 14 can consist of a plurality of CNT films. A number of the CNT films can be in a range from 1 to 12, thus a thickness of the CNT film 16 can be in a range from about 0.5 nanometers (nm) to about 100 μm. A degree of polarization of the lens 14 is in a range from about 0.2 to about 0.98. Visible light absorptance of the lens 14 is in a range from about 15% to about 80%, infrared light absorptance is in a range from about 15% to about 80%, and ultraviolet light absorptance is in a range from about 50% to about 90%. In the embodiment, the number of the CNT films is 10, while the thickness of the CNT film 16 is about 10 μm. Thus, the degree of polarization of the lens 14 is greater than 0.95, the visible light absorptance and the infrared light absorptance of the lens 14 are about 75%, and the ultraviolet light absorptance of the lens 14 is about 90%.
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More specifically, a large number of the carbon nanotubes in the CNT film 16 can be oriented along a preferred direction, meaning that a large number of the carbon nanotubes in the CNT film 16 are arranged substantially along the same direction and substantially parallel to the surface of the CNT film 16. An end of one carbon nanotube is joined to another end of an adjacent carbon nanotube arranged substantially along the same direction by van der Waals attractive force. A small number of the carbon nanotubes are randomly arranged in the CNT film 16, and have a small if not negligible effect on the larger number of the carbon nanotubes in the CNT film 16 arranged substantially along the same direction.
The carbon nanotubes in the CNT film 16 can be single-walled carbon nanotubes, double-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, or any combination thereof. The diameter of the single-walled carbon nanotubes is in a range from about 0.5 nm to about 10 nm, the diameter of the double-walled carbon nanotubes is in a range from about 1 nm to about 15 nm, and the diameter of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes is in a range from about 1.5 nm to about 50 nm. The length of the carbon nanotubes is greater than 50 μm.
A method for making the CNT film 16 includes: (a) selecting a carbon nanotube segment having a predetermined width from a carbon nanotube array; and (b) pulling the carbon nanotube segment at an even/uniform speed to achieve a uniform drawn CNT film. The pulling/drawing can be done by using a tool (e.g., adhesive tape, pliers, tweezers, or another tool allowing multiple carbon nanotubes to be gripped and pulled simultaneously).
According to another embodiment of a pair of eyeglasses 20 as illustrated in
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Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a pair of eyeglasses and a lens for the same. Because the lens comprises one or more CNT films, the CNT films can efficiently absorb a large proportion of glare, visible light, infrared light, and ultraviolet light. In addition, the CNT films have high strength and toughness. Accordingly, the strength of the lens increases. Thus, lenses with CNT films can be manufactured into a pair of eyeglasses with omnibus light absorbing ability and high strength.
It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are intended to illustrate rather than limit the disclosure. Any elements described in accordance with any embodiments is understood that they can be used in addition or substituted in other embodiments. Embodiments can also be used together. Variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. The above-described embodiments illustrate the scope of the disclosure but do not restrict the scope of the disclosure.
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201010294970.9 | Sep 2010 | CN | national |