An article, comprising: a substrate comprising a glass, a glass ceramic, wood, a metal, a metal oxide, or a polymer; and an invisible-fingerprint coating deposited on the substrate, the invisible-fingerprint coating comprising a non-fluorinated alkyl silane hydrolysate polymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 100,000 Da; wherein the non-fluorinated alkyl silane hydrolysate polymer is formed from: (i) an alkyl silane having a structure: (R A) 3 SiR B wherein: each R A is independently -OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, -OC 6 -C 10 alkylaryl, -OC 2 -C 10 alkenyl, or -OC 3 -C 10 alkynyl; each R B is C 6 -C 20 alkyl; and (ii) a crosslinking silane selected from the group consisting of formulas -: (SiX n)-Y 2 -(SiX n), (SiX n)-Y 3 -(SiX n)-(SiX n), and (SiX n)-(SiX n)-Y 4 -(SiX n)-(SiX n) wherein: Y 2 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 2; Y 3 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 3; Y 4 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 4; each X is independently a (C 1 -C 6) alkoxy; and each n is 3; and wherein the non-fluorinated alkyl silane hydrolysate polymer comprises a halogen functional group, with the proviso the halogen is not fluorine. a substrate comprising a glass, a glass ceramic, wood, a metal, a metal oxide, or a polymer; and an invisible-fingerprint coating deposited on the substrate, the invisible-fingerprint coating comprising a non-fluorinated alkyl silane hydrolysate polymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 100,000 Da; wherein the non-fluorinated alkyl silane hydrolysate polymer is formed from: (i) an alkyl silane having a structure: (R A) 3 SiR B wherein: each R A is independently -OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, -OC 6 -C 10 alkylaryl, -OC 2 -C 10 alkenyl, or -OC 3 -C 10 alkynyl; each R B is C 6 -C 20 alkyl; and (ii) a crosslinking silane selected from the group consisting of formulas -: (SiX n)-Y 2 -(SiX n), (SiX n)-Y 3 -(SiX n)-(SiX n), and (SiX n)-(SiX n)-Y 4 -(SiX n)-(SiX n) wherein: Y 2 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 2; Y 3 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 3; Y 4 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 4; each X is independently a (C 1 -C 6) alkoxy; and each n is 3; and (i) an alkyl silane having a structure: (R A) 3 SiR B wherein: each R A is independently -OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, -OC 6 -C 10 alkylaryl, -OC 2 -C 10 alkenyl, or -OC 3 -C 10 alkynyl; each R B is C 6 -C 20 alkyl; and (ii) a crosslinking silane selected from the group consisting of formulas -: (SiX n)-Y 2 -(SiX n), (SiX n)-Y 3 -(SiX n)-(SiX n), and (SiX n)-(SiX n)-Y 4 -(SiX n)-(SiX n) wherein: Y 2 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 2; Y 3 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 3; Y 4 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 4; each X is independently a (C 1 -C 6) alkoxy; and each n is 3; and each R A is independently -OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, -OC 6 -C 10 alkylaryl, -OC 2 -C 10 alkenyl, or -OC 3 -C 10 alkynyl; each R B is C 6 -C 20 alkyl; and (ii) a crosslinking silane selected from the group consisting of formulas -: (SiX n)-Y 2 -(SiX n), (SiX n)-Y 3 -(SiX n)-(SiX n), and (SiX n)-(SiX n)-Y 4 -(SiX n)-(SiX n) Y 2 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 2; Y 3 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 3; Y 4 is a (C 2 -C 30) linear, branched or cyclo alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl and each silicon in the formula is bonded to the same or different carbon in atom Y 4; each X is independently a (C 1 -C 6) alkoxy; and each n is 3; and wherein the non-fluorinated alkyl silane hydrolysate polymer comprises a halogen functional group, with the proviso the halogen is not fluorine.