Low surface energy coatings for cooking products
View Patent ↗An easy to clean and stain resistant coating for a cooking product includes an oxycarbofluoride coating. The oxycarbofluoride coating has a composition comprising at least one metal oxide, carbon and fluorine and can be applied to a substrate using a sol-gel process.
1. A device comprising:
at least one surface comprising an oxycarbofluoride coating, wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating has a composition comprising at least one metal oxide, carbon, and fluorine,
wherein the at least one metal oxide is in a range of 10 to 70 mol %, the carbon is in a range of 1 to 5 mol %, and the fluorine is in a range of 1 mol % to 25 mol %.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating comprises TiO 2 —SiO 2 —C—F.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the TiO 2 is in a range of 10 to 50 mol %, the SiO 2 is in a range of 40 mol % to 70 mol %, the carbon is in a range of 1 to 5 mol %, and the fluorine is in a range of 1 mol % to 25 mol %.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one surface comprising the oxycarbofluoride coating has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 0.04 microns.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating is at a thickness of less than 5 microns.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises carbides, oxynitrides, oxycarbohalides, carbonitrides, and/or nitrides.
7. A composition comprising:
an oxycarbofluoride composition comprising at least one metal oxide, carbon, and fluorine,
wherein the at least one metal oxide is in a range of 10 to 70 mol %, the carbon is in a range of 1 to 5 mol %, and the fluorine is in a range of 1 mol % to 25 mol %.
8. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the composition further comprises carbides, oxynitrides, oxycarbohalides, carbonitrides, and/or nitrides.
9. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating comprises TiO 2 —SiO 2 —C—F.
10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the TiO 2 is in a range of 10 to 50 mol %, the SiO 2 is in a range of 40 mol % to 70 mol %, the carbon is in a range of 1 to 5 mol %, and the fluorine is in a range of 1 mol % to 25 mol %.
11. A device comprising:
at least one surface comprising an oxycarbofluoride coating, wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating has a composition comprising at least one metal oxide, carbon, and fluorine,
wherein the composition further comprises carbides, oxynitrides, oxycarbohalides, carbonitrides, and/or nitrides.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one metal oxide is in a range of 10 to 70 mol %, the carbon is in a range of 1 to 5 mol %, and the fluorine is in a range of 1 mol % to 25 mol %.
13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating comprises TiO 2 —SiO 2 —C—F.
14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the TiO 2 is in a range of 10 to 50 mol %, the SiO 2 is in a range of 40 mol % to 70 mol %, the carbon is in a range of 1 to 5 mol %, and the fluorine is in a range of 1 mol % to 25 mol %.
15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one surface comprising the oxycarbofluoride coating has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 0.04 microns.
16. The device of claim 11 , wherein the oxycarbofluoride coating is at a thickness of less than 5 microns.