Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board is provided, comprising: 1) imprinting an electrically conductive circuit pattern on a surface of a substrate; 2) applying a surface treatment composition to the surface of the substrate over the electrically conductive circuit pattern; and 3) allowing the surface treatment composition to form a self-assembled coating layer on the surface of the substrate in the form of a conformal coating. The surface treatment composition comprises: (a) a fluorine-containing polymer; (b) a solvent containing at least one C—F bond; and (c) a rheology modifying component. Also provided are electronic components of a circuit assembly and printed circuit boards, comprising a substrate and a self-assembled coating layer applied to at least one surface of the substrate. The coating layer is in the form of a conformal coating and is formed from the surface treatment composition described above.

Abstract: A surface-treated fluidic channel is provided comprising a dispensing device that comprises a microarray of microchannels. The fluidic channel is made from metal and comprises a surface and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid adhered to the surface. A mesh nebulizer comprising a reservoir and a dispensing device comprising a microarray of microchannels is also provided. A metal surface layer is applied to the interior and exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device, and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising an organo-silicon or a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid is adhered to the metal surface layer, usually on the exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device. A hydrophilic polymeric coating layer may be chemically bonded to and propagated from terminal functional groups on the hydrophobic coating layer on the interior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device.

Abstract: Methods of altering the surface energy of components of a mesh nebulizer are provided, comprising: a) depositing a metal surface layer on surfaces of the component; b) forming a hydrophobic coating layer comprising an organo-silicon or a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid directly on the metal surface layer or indirectly on the metal surface layer through an intermediate organometallic coating; and either: i) removing select areas of the hydrophobic coating layer to expose the metal surface layer; or ii) forming a polymeric coating layer chemically bonded to and propagated from terminal functional groups on the hydrophobic coating layer that are capable of initiating polymer growth when exposed to a source of polymerizable monomer, on select areas of the components. Mesh nebulizers formed by such methods are also provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board is providedd, comprising: 1) imprinting an electrically conductive circuit pattern on a surface of a substrate; 2) applying a surface treatment composition to the surface of the substrate over the electrically conductive circuit pattern; and 3) allowing the surface treatment composition to form a self-assembled coating layer on the surface of the substrate in the form of a conformal coating. The surface treatment composition comprises: (a) a fluorine-containing polymer; (b) a solvent containing at least one C-F bond; and (c) a rheology modifying component. Also provided are electronic compoennts of a circuit assembly and printed circuit boards, comprising a substrate and a self-assembled coating layer applied to at least one surface of the substrate. The coating layer is in the form of a conformal coating and is formed from the surface treatment composition described above.

Abstract: A surface-treated fluidic channel is provided comprising a dispensing device that comprises a microarray of microchannels. The fluidic channel is made from metal and comprises a surface and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid adhered to the surface. A mesh nebulizer comprising a reservoir and a dispensing device comprising a microarray of microchannels is also provided. A metal surface layer is applied to the interior and exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device, and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising an organo-silicon or a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid is adhered to the metal surface layer, usually on the exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device. A hydrophilic polymeric coating layer may be chemically bonded to and propagated from terminal functional groups on the hydrophobic coating layer on the interior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device.

Abstract: Surface treatment compositions are provided comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing polymer; (b) a solvent containing at least one C—F bond; and (c) a rheology modifying component. Also provided are coated articles, comprising: (i) a substrate; and (ii) a self-assembled coating layer applied to at least one surface of the substrate. The self-assembled coating layer is formed from the surface treatment composition above.

Abstract: Compositions including first and second silicon-containing compounds are described. The first silicon-containing compound includes a polyvalent transition metal having bonded thereto a hydrocarbyloxy group(s) and/or a (di-hydrocarbyl)(perfluoro/fluorinated-hydrocarbyl)silyloxy group(s), which is represented by Formula (I). The second silicon-containing compound includes a reaction product of a first reactant represented by Formula (II-A), which includes hyrdrocarbylsilyloxy groups, and a second reactant represented by Formula (II-B), which includes a perfluorohydrocarbyloxy group(s). The present invention also relates to, articles that include one or more layers formed from such compositions, methods of treating articles by applying thereover such compositions, and the second silicon-containing compound.

Abstract: A process for forming a polymer film on a substrate through an intermediate organometallic layer is disclosed. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) containing an initiator for living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization is formed on the organometallic layer followed by living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization of a polymerizable monomer component.

Abstract: A process for forming a fluorocarbon polymer film on a substrate is disclosed. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) containing an initiator for living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization is formed on the surface of the substrate followed by living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization of a polymerizable fluorocarbon monomer component.

Abstract: A method for recovering hydrocarbon material from a subterranean formation includes introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation. One treatment fluid includes at least one organometallic material having a metal or metalloid from Group III of the Periodic Table or a transition metal. An optional second fluid having an organophosphorous material can also be introduced. Another treatment fluid includes the reaction product of a transition metal compound and a silicon-containing material.

Abstract: A process for forming a fluorocarbon polymer film on a substrate is disclosed. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) containing an initiator for living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization is formed on the surface of the substrate followed by living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization of a polymerizable fluorocarbon monomer component.

Abstract: A betaine-containing polymer film that can be formed on a substrate surface using living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for forming a polymer film on a substrate through an intermediate organometallic layer is disclosed. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) containing an initiator for living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization is formed on the organometallic layer followed by living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization of a polymerizable monomer component.

Abstract: An improved method for forming a self-assembled monolayer on a substrate is disclosed. The method comprises plasma treatment of the substrate prior to formation of the self-assembled monolayer.

Abstract: An electroconductive ink made with metallic nanoparticles is disclosed. The ink contains an organophosphorus acid that increases adhesion between the deposited metallic layer and the substrate to which the metallic layer is applied.

Abstract: Organometallic coatings or films, substrates coated with such films and methods for applying the films to the substrates are disclosed. The organometallic film or coating is derived from a transition metal compound containing both halide ligands and alkoxide ligands. Coated articles comprising polymer substrates and adhered to the substrate surface an organometallic film in which the metal comprises halide and alkoxide ligands are also disclosed.

Abstract: Wipes treated with organometallic compounds used in combination with organic acids in kit form, particularly organophosphorus acid, are disclosed. The kits can be used to treat various surfaces to alter the physical properties of the surfaces.

Abstract: A lead frame and an electronic package having improved adhesion between the lead frame and an encapsulating plastic material is disclosed. The lead frame can be pre plated having an outer layer comprising a precious metal such as palladium or gold to which is adhered a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), such as a SAM derived from an organophosphorus acid. The organophosphorus acid preferably is a mixture in which the organo groups are fluoro substituted hydrocarbons and hydrocarbons containing ethylenically unsaturated groups.

Abstract: Disclosed is the treatment of the interior walls of a fluidic channel with a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid.

Abstract: A coated article comprising a substrate having a plastic surface and adhered thereto an organometallic film in which the metal has f electron orbitals or is niobium is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for applying organometallic films to substrates and the organometallic films themselves.