Patent ID: 7524808

Claim:
A hydrophilized article, comprising: (a) a substrate having a hydrophobic hard surface, and (b) a hydrophilizing layer disposed on at least a portion of the hydrophobic surface of the substrate, said layer comprising: (b)(I) an organophosphorus material selected from the group consisting of: (b)(I)(1) organophosphorus compounds according to structure (I): wherein: each R 1 and R 2 are independently absent or O, provided that at least one of R 1 and R 2 is O, each R 3 is independently alkyleneoxy, poly(alkyleneoxy) group, which may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms of such alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group by hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, aryl, or aryloxy groups, R 5 and R 4 are each independently absent or an alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group, which may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms of such alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group, by hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, aryl, or aryloxy groups, R 6 R 8 and R 7 are each independently H, or (C 1 -C 30 )hydrocarbon, which hydrocarbon may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms by hydroxyl, fluorine, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl and/or interrupted at one or more sites by an O, N, or S heteroatom, or -POR 9 R 10 , R 9 and R 10 are each independently hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, or (C 1 C 30 )hydrocarbon, which hydrocarbon may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms by hydroxyl, fluorine, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl and/or interrupted at one or more sites by an O, N, or S heteroatom, and m is an integer of from 1 to 5, (b)(I)(2) salts of organophosphorus compounds according to structure (I), (b)(I)(3) condensation reaction products of two or more molecules of one or more organophosphorus compounds according to structure (I), and (b)(I)(4) mixtures comprising two or more of the compounds, salts, and/or reaction products of (b)(I)(1), (b)(I)(2), and (b)(I)(3), and (b)(II) a vinyl alcohol material selected from the group consisting of: (b)(II)(1) polymers comprising monomeric units according to structure (I-a): (b)(II)(2) salts of polymers (b)(II)(1). (b)(II)(3) reaction products of two or more molecules of one or more polymers (b)(II)(1), and (b)(II)(4) mixtures comprising two or more of the polymers, salts, and/or reaction products of (b)(II)(1 ). (b)(II)(2). and (b)(II)(3); wherein the layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of sequestering agents, scale-inhibiting agents, bleaching agents, bleaching catalysts, antifoaming agents, abrasives, enzymes, or agents which inhibit the corrosion of metals.