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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
T. Randall Lee, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Graupe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
The University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/04 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses hydrogen bond stabilized surface modifying agents having a fluorinated or semi-fluorinated carbon-containing tail group, an internal moiety capable of intermolecular hydrogen bonding or related acid-base interactions and a head group capable of reacting or interacting with surfaces such as metal, non-metallic, ceramic, other inorganic oxide or organic surfaces. The present invention also discloses cost effective method for making the agents, methods for treating surfaces therewith, the treated surfaces and devices made therefrom.