Hydrophilic substrate and method of manufacturing the same

Abstract

According to the invention, a durable hydrophilic absorbed film is formed on the surface of a substrate including metals, glass, plastics and the like in which the substrate has a surface layer containing hydroxyl groups or imino groups. The film is formed by covalently bonding chemical absorbents of silane groups containing a pluralilty of chloro groups to the substrate surfaces. The substrate 1 such as glass or nylon is dipped and held in a non-aqueous solution containing fluorocarbon groups and hydrocarbon groups containing chemical absorbents of silane groups containing a plurality of chloro groups including SiCl.sub.4, Cl.sub.3 SiOSiCl.sub.3, HSiCl.sub.3 or Cl.sub.3 SiOSiCl.sub.2 OSiCl.sub.3. After taking out the substrate 1 from the solution, drying it in a low moisture or substantially moistureless atmosphere to remove said non-aqueous solvents, the substrate is exposed to the air. A hydrophilic adsorbed ultra-thin film is thus formed by a dehydrochlorination reaction.

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