Industrial equipment article

Abstract

Industrial equipment articles and thermal chemical vapor coated articles are disclosed. The articles include a coating on a substrate of the industrial equipment article, the coating including silicon, carbon, and hydrogen. The industrial equipment article requires resistance to protein adsorption. The industrial equipment article was heated during application of the coating to a temperature of between 300 degrees C. and 600 degrees C. The thermal chemical vapor coated article includes a coating on the thermal chemical vapor coated article, the coating formed by thermal decomposition, oxidation, then functionalization. The thermal chemical vapor coated article is industrial equipment requiring resistance to protein adsorption. The coating is resistant to the protein adsorption and is on a substrate heated during the thermal decomposition.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An industrial equipment article, comprising:
 a coating on a substrate of the industrial equipment article, the coating including silicon, carbon, and hydrogen;   wherein the industrial equipment article requires resistance to protein adsorption;   wherein the substrate of the industrial equipment article was heated during application of the coating to a temperature of between 300 degrees C. and 600 degrees C.   
     
     
         2 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the application of the coating is by thermal decomposition, oxidation, then functionalization. 
     
     
         3 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 2 , wherein the oxidation is by introduction of zero air. 
     
     
         4 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 2 , wherein the functionalization is by introduction of trimethylsilane. 
     
     
         5 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is stainless steel. 
     
     
         6 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 5 , wherein the stainless steel includes 316 stainless steel. 
     
     
         7 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is titanium. 
     
     
         8 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a composite metal. 
     
     
         9 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is glass. 
     
     
         10 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a fiber substrate or a foil substrate. 
     
     
         11 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating is positioned in a tube, the tube having an internal diameter of between 1 millimeter and 3 millimeters. 
     
     
         12 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating is positioned in a tube, the tube having an internal diameter of less than 3 millimeters. 
     
     
         13 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating is positioned in a tube, the tube having an internal diameter of between 0.1 millimeter and 1 millimeters. 
     
     
         14 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating is positioned in a tube, the tube having an internal diameter of between 0.1 millimeter and 3 millimeters. 
     
     
         15 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating has a thickness of between about 100 nm and about 1,000 nm. 
     
     
         16 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating is amorphous. 
     
     
         17 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the coating includes an amorphous array of Si—C bonds. 
     
     
         18 . The industrial equipment article of  claim 1 , wherein the thermal decomposition is by introduction of dimethylsilane. 
     
     
         19 . A thermal chemical vapor coated article, comprising:
 a coating on the thermal chemical vapor coated article, the coating formed by thermal decomposition, oxidation then functionalization;   wherein the thermal chemical vapor coated article is industrial equipment requiring resistance to protein adsorption;   wherein the coating is resistant to the protein adsorption and is on a substrate heated during the thermal decomposition.   
     
     
         20 . A thermal chemical vapor coated article, comprising:
 a coating on the thermal chemical vapor coated article, the coating formed by thermal decomposition on a stainless steel surface, oxidation then functionalization;   wherein the thermal chemical vapor coated article is industrial equipment requiring resistance to protein adsorption;   wherein the coating is resistant to the protein adsorption and is on a substrate heated during the thermal decomposition;   wherein the thermal decomposition is by introduction of dimethylsilane;   wherein the oxidation is by introduction of zero air; and   wherein the functionalization is by introduction of trimethylsilane.