3m Innovative Properties Company

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

Ta-Hua Yu

Moses Mekala David

William Blake Kolb

Timothy J Hebrink

Jun-Ying Zhang

Junkang Jacob Liu

Richard John Pokorny

Matthew H Frey

Brant Ulrick Kolb

Thomas P Klun

Joel D Oxman

Albert I Everaerts

Stephen A Johnson

Jayshree Seth

Ahmed Salih Abuelyaman

Christopher Stewart Lyons

Douglas Scott Dunn

Mark A Roehrig

Robert Steven Clough

Richard Paul Rusin

Yizhong Wang

Yongshang Lu

Evan L Schwartz

Shunsuke Suzuki

Stephen P Maki

Michael F Weber

Jie Jerry Liu

Audrey A Sherman

Naiyong Jing

Lei Zhang

Martin B Wolk

Fred Boyle McCormick

Bernard O Geaghan

Mario Alberto Perez

James M Jonza

Matthew S Stay

Raghunath Padiyath

Richard E Raby

Eric J Hanson

Andrew K Hartzell

Karl J L Geisler

Badri Veeraraghavan

Zeba Parkar

Narina Y Stepanova

Lijun Zu

Saswata Chakraborty

Carsten Franke

Joseph C Spagnola

Chad M Amb

Michael S Berger

Scott A Walker

Kevin D Hagen

Terry O Collier

Pradnya V Nagarkar

Donna Wendeln Bange

David J Rowe

Benjamin R Coonce

John M Riedesel

Xuan Jiang

Ming Cheng

Jodi L Connell

Bruce R Broyles

John P Baetzold

Kevin W Gotrik

Rui Yang

Rajdeep S Kalgutkar

Mark A Strobel

Derek J Dehn

Steven J McMan

Shawn C Dodds

Graham M Clarke

Timothy J Lindquist

Susannah C Clear

Robert R Kieschke

Seth M Kirk

Brett J Sitter

Terence D Neavin

Scott J Jones

Edward J Kivel

Gregory F King

Laurence R Gilbert

Yufeng Liu

Simon Kelly Shannon

Pamela A Percha

Paul A Sevcik

Eric Joseph Hanson

Randy S Bay

Naota Sugiyama

Tianyu Wu

Minghua Dai

Raymond L Lucking

James A Klein

Michelle M Mok

Samuel J Carpenter

Joseph M Pieper

Bill H Dodge

Peter B Hogerton

Chunjie Zhang

Michael W Dolezal

Jun Ma

The present disclosure provides an article including an organic layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures defining nanorecesses and an opposing second surface; and a ceramic layer disposed on the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer and filling at least a portion of the nanorecesses. The ceramic layer has a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures and an opposing second surface, and the nanostructured first surface of the ceramic layer is interpenetrated with the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the article. The method includes obtaining an organic layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures defining nanorecesses and an opposing second surface; and filling at least a portion of the nanorecesses of the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer with a ceramic material to form the article. In addition, the present disclosure provides articles including interpenetrating layers having different elastic storage moduli, such as non-metallic layers, and methods of making the articles. The articles can exhibit high abrasion resistance.

Articles including nanostructured surfaces and interpenetrating layers, and methods of making same

An article. The article includes a substrate, wherein the substrate having two opposing major surfaces; and particles coated with a metal oxide on the substrate: particles coated with a metal on the substrate; wherein the coated particles are randomly distributed on or in the substrate; and wherein at least some of coated particles are discrete particles.

Anti-microbial articles

The present disclosure provides an orthodontic article including the reaction product of the polymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides polymerizable compositions and methods of making an orthodontic article. The method includes obtaining a polymerizable composition and selectively curing the polymerizable composition to form an orthodontic article. Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an orthodontic article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the orthodontic article based on the digital object. A system is also provided, including a display that displays a 3D model of an orthodontic article; and one or more processors that, in response to the 3D model selected by a user, cause a 3D printer to create a physical object of an orthodontic article.

Orthodontic articles prepared using a polycarbonate diol, polymerizable compositions, and methods of making the articles

A system for repositioning teeth a patient from an initial tooth arrangement to a final tooth arrangement includes a plurality of incremental position adjustment appliances, each having an arrangement of cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth of the patient. The cavities in at least one appliance in the system have a different geometry than that of at least one other appliance in the system. At least some of the appliances in the system are successively worn by the patient to exert force on at least one tooth and move the teeth of the patient from a first arrangement to a successive arrangement different from the first arrangement. The system includes a first multilayer shell with a bending stiffness factor less than about 0.1 GPa*mmand an elastic modulus no greater than about 1.5 GPa; and a second shell with a bending stiffness factor greater than 0.1 GPa*mm.

Tooth repositioning system

An aqueous oral care one-part composition (e.g., solution), a kit that includes such composition (e.g., solution), and methods (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), wherein the oral care composition (e.g., solution) includes: silver cations; iodide anions; fluoride anions; and water.

Aqueous oral care iodide-containing compositions, methods, and kits

A multilayer film comprises first, second, and third layers. The first layer comprises at least one aromatic polyester, and has a loss modulus at 1 hertz and 25&#xb0; C. of at least 70 megapascals. The second layer is thermoplastic and has a loss modulus at 1 hertz and 25&#xb0; C. of less than or equal to 60 megapascals and comprises a thermoplastic elastomer and a polyamide. The third layer contacts the second layer opposite the first layer and has a loss modulus at 1 hertz and 25&#xb0; C. of at least 70 megapascals. The second layer is sandwiched between the first and third layers. A method of making the multilayer film by coextrusion is also disclosed.

Multilayer film and method of making the same

An aqueous oral care one-part composition (e.g., solution), a kit that includes such composition (e.g., solution), and methods (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patients tooth surface), wherein the oral care composition (e.g., solution) includes: silver cations; thiocyanate anions; fluoride anions; and water.

Aqueous oral care thiocyanate-containing compositions, methods, and kits

An article having anti-microbial effect is provided. The article includes an occlusive layer and a substrate having a nanostructured surface. The nanostructured surface is coated with a metal oxide layer and the metal oxide layer includes a metal oxide.

Anti-microbial articles and methods of using same

A dental article includes at least one segment defining a complex three-dimensional shape configured to follow contours of an oral anatomy, in which the at least one segment includes a core component including a majority of parylene.

Parylene dental articles

A film including a resin layer comprising a structured major surface opposite a second major surface, the structured major surface including a plurality of features; a barrier layer on the structured major surface; and a first adhesive layer on the barrier layer.

Structured film and articles thereof

A security element, including: a substrate having a first structured major surface and a second structured major surface; and a first metal layer coated on the first structured major surface, wherein the transparency of the first metal layer is between 10% and 90%; and a second metal layer coated on the second structured major surface.

Security element with a metallized structured surface

The present disclosure provides a multilayer article. The multilayer article includes a) a microfiltration membrane substrate, the microfiltration membrane substrate having a first major surface; and b) a first layer having a first major surface and a second major surface disposed opposite the first major surface. The first major surface of the first layer is directly attached to the first major surface of the microfiltration membrane substrate. The first layer includes a first polymeric binder and a plurality of acid-sintered interconnected first silica nanoparticles arranged to form a continuous three-dimensional porous network. The multilayer article further includes c) a second layer attached to the second major surface of the first layer. The second layer includes i) a metal coating or ii) a composite coating comprising a second polymeric binder and at least one of metal nanoparticles or metal nanowires.

Multilayer articles including coatings containing metal on microfiltration membrane substrates

Surface structured articles comprising a polymer matrix and a dispersed phase, the article having first and second opposed major surfaces, at least a portion of the first major surface is a microstructured, anisotropic surface comprises features having at least one dimension in a range from 1 micrometer to 500 micrometers, wherein the dispersed phase comprises an antimicrobial material, and wherein at least a portion of the dispersed phase is present on the microstructured, anisotropic surface. Surface structured articles are useful, for example, for marine applications (e.g., surfaces in contact with water (e.g., fresh water, ocean water)) such as boats, ships, piers, oil rigs, decks, and roofing materials.

Surface structured articles and methods of making the same

An organofluorine coating on a major surface of a substrate, wherein the organofluorine coating has a surface composition of about 5 at % to about 15 at % oxygen and about 30 at % to about 50 at % fluorine.

Fluorocarbon release coating

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Ta-Hua Yu