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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Jian Qin, Neenah, WI (US);
Donald Eugene Waldroup, Roswell, GA (US);
Deborah Joy Calewarts, Neenah, WI (US);
Constantine Michael Megaridis, Oak Park, IL (US);
Joseph Edward Mates, Chicago, IL (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic matrix component free of fluorine, a hydrophilic filler particles, wherein the filler particles are metal oxide nanoparticles, and water, wherein the hydrophobic component is in an aqueous dispersion. Also, a superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic polymer free of fluorine, a titanium dioxide nanoparticle filler particle, and water. In addition, a superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic polymer free of fluorine, wherein the hydrophobic polymer includes a polyolefin, titanium dioxide nanoparticles as filler, wherein the titanium dioxide nanoparticles are rutile titanium dioxide, anatase titanium dioxide, or a mixture of rutile and anatase titanium dioxide, and water.