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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 183/08 (2006.01); C09D 183/04 (2006.01); C09D 5/00 (2006.01); C08G 77/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 183/08 (2013.01); C09D 5/00 (2013.01); C09D 183/04 (2013.01); C08G 77/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to various aspects and embodiments, materials having a modified surface to increase hydrophobicity and methods of making the same are disclosed. In accordance with one or more aspects, a method of enhancing a surface of a substrate may comprise bonding silane monomers onto the surface of the substrate, and polymerizing the silane monomers to form surface-attached hydrophobic particles comprising silane polymers.