Patent ID: 8758860

Claim:
A process comprising contacting at least a part of a surface of a polymeric article with a solvent mixture for a time and at a temperature sufficient to infuse at least a portion of the solvent mixture into the article, the solvent mixture containing; (a) water, (b) a carrier conforming to R1-[O—(CH2)n]mOR2 wherein R1 and R2 independently denote a radical selected from the group consisting of linear and branched C1-18 alkyl, benzyl, benzoyl, phenyl and H, wherein n is 2 or 3, and m is 1-35, and (c) an acid H+X—, wherein X— represents a halide anion selected from the group consisting of F—, Cl—, Br—, or I—, optionally, (d) a surface leveling agent, wherein the polymeric article comprises a host polymer and an immobilized amine functional species wherein a monomer of a pendant moiety of the amine functional species is capable of reacting with the acid H+X−, and wherein the resulting article has a treated surface layer containing a polyamine hydrohalide and a surface resistivity between about 1×105Ω/□ and about 1×1012Ω/□.