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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Alexi J. Young, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jerald K. Rasmussen, Woodville, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a multilayer article comprising: a. a polymer substrate comprising an abstractable atom; and b. a hydrogel coating thereon wherein the hydrogel coating has a water content of at least 10 wt % and is covalently bonded to the polymer substrate, and wherein the hydrogel coating is derived from an aqueous composition having a pH less than 9.5, the aqueous composition comprising: (a) a hydrophilic monomer selected from at least one of (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide; (b) at least 0.1 wt % of a water-swellable clay; (c) a first initiator, wherein the first initiator is water-soluble and is a Type I photoinitiator; and (d) a second initiator, wherein the initiator is water-soluble and is a Type II photoinitiator; and (e) an acid.