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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Talia S. Gershon, White Plains, NY (US);
Ning Li, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Devendra Sadana, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Teodor K. Todorov, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Zinc oxide compositions and methods for applying anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A composition includes multiple zinc oxide particles suspended within a medium forming sunscreen composition, and coating materials applied to each of the multiple zinc oxide particles in distinct layers via a gradation based on refractive index, wherein each of the coating materials has a refractive index that is between the refractive index of air and the refractive index of zinc oxide, and wherein the coating materials comprise a combination of (i) silicon dioxide, (ii) magnesium fluoride, (iii) one or more fluoropolymers, (iv) aluminum oxide, (v) zinc sulfide, and (vi) titanium dioxide.