Coated articles with an anti-fingerprint coating or surface-modifying layer and methods of making the same

A method of forming a coated article comprising:

• evaporating a functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane onto a first major surface of a substrate;
• impinging an ion beam on the first major surface of the substrate, the impinging occurs in a chamber comprising a chamber pressure ranging from about 10−4 Pascal to about 1 Pascal, and the impinging converts from about 50% to about 90% of the silicon atoms in the functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane from a cage structure to a network of Si—O—Si bonds;
• and then
• reacting material at the first major surface of the substrate with an alkyl silane to form an anti-fingerprint coating, the alkyl silane comprising 4 or more carbons.

A method of forming a coated articled comprising:

• disposing a solution over a first major surface of a substrate, the solution comprising a polysilazane or a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane;
• heating the solution at a temperature from about 150° C. to about 400° C. for a period of time from about 5 minutes to about 120 minutes;
• and
• reacting material at the first major surface of the substrate with an alkyl silane to form an anti-fingerprint coating, the alkyl silane comprising 4 or more carbons.