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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Connexis, SG;
Mareva B. Fevre, San Jose, CA (US);
James L. Hedrick, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Nathaniel H. Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Victoria A. Piunova, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Pang Kern Jeremy Tan, Singapore, SG;
Yi Yan Yang, Singapore, SG;
Mu San Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, Connexis, SG;
Abstract
Techniques regarding ionene compositions with antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a monomer, which can comprise a single ionene unit. The single ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. Also, a hydrophobic functional group can be covalently bonded to the molecular backbone, and the single ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality.