Surface treatment
AssigneeMicell Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames B. McClain, Timothy J. Romack, James P. DeYoung
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Abstract
A method of treating a substrate comprises contacting a surface of said substrate, with a pressurized fluid comprising carbon dioxide and a surface treatment component, the surface treatment component being entrained in the pressurized fluid and contacting the surface so that the surface treatment component lowers the surface tension of the surface of the substrate and treats the substrate. The contacting step is preferably carried out by immersion, the fluid is preferably a liquid or supercritical fluid, the substrate is preferably a metal or fabric substrate, and the surface treatment component is preferably a fluoroacrylate polymer.
Claims14
A method of coating a substrate, said method comprising:
- immersing said substrate in a pressurized fluid containing carbon dioxide and a surface treatment component, said surface treatment component being entrained in said pressurized fluid and contacting said substrate;
- then
- depositing said surface treatment component on said substrate;
- and then
- separating said carbon dioxide from said substrate so that said surface treatment component remains deposited on said fabric;
- wherein said depositing step is carried out by (i) lowering the pressure of said fluid, (ii) diluting said fluid;
- or (iii) raising the temperature of said fluid.
A method of coating a textile fabric, said method comprising:
- immersing said fabric in a pressurized liquid containing carbon dioxide and a surface treatment component, said surface treatment component being entrained in said pressurized liquid and contacting said textile fabric;
- then
- depositing said surface treatment component on said fabric;
- and then
- separating said carbon dioxide from said textile fabric so that said surface treatment component remains deposited on said textile fabric;
- wherein said depositing step is carried out by (i) lowering the pressure of said liquid, (ii) diluting said liquid;
- or (iii) raising the temperature of said liquid;
- wherein said surface treatment component comprises a CO2-philic segment, and wherein said CO2-philic segment is selected from the group consisting of fluorine-containing segments, siloxane-containing segments, and mixtures thereof.
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