Patent ID: 8337985

Claim:
A coated article comprising: a) a substrate inherently having oxide and/or hydroxyl groups on the substrate surface or which form such groups by exposure of the substrate to the environment at ambient conditions and adhered to the substrate surface b) an organometallic film of the structure [M(O) x (OH) y (OR) z ] n in which M is a metal having electrons in the f orbital or is niobium; R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; x+y+z=V, the valence of M; x is at least 1; y is at least 1; z is at least 1; x=V−y−z; y=V−x−z; z=V−x−y; n is greater than 2, and wherein the OH and the OR groups of the organometallic film covalently bond to the substrate surface.