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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota, JP;
The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);
Ping Wang, North Oaks, MN (US);
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hongfei Jia, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Archana H. Trivedi, Mumbai, IN;
Masahiko Ishii, Okazaki, JP;
Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota, JP;
The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and compositions for self-cleaning that include a digestive protein capable of decomposing stain forming molecules, a substrate applied to a solid surface, and a linker moiety bound to an outer surface of said substrate and an active group of said digestive protein, said linker moiety between said protein and said substrate and covalently linking said protein to a surface of said substrate by an amide bond, the linker moiety between a free amine of said protein and said outer surface of said substrate wherein the digestive protein forms a layer on a surface of said substrate such that the digestive protein is surface exposed for reaction with a stain.