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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Applicant:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Hsu, Germantown, MD (US);
Govindaiah Patakamuri, Ashburn, VA (US);
Assignee:
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 183/04 (2006.01); C09D 5/16 (2006.01); C09D 7/40 (2018.01); C09D 7/62 (2018.01); C08G 77/04 (2006.01); C08G 77/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 5/1681 (2013.01); C09D 7/62 (2018.01); C09D 7/67 (2018.01); C09D 7/68 (2018.01); C09D 183/04 (2013.01); C08G 77/045 (2013.01); C08G 77/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An icephobic substrate includes a base substrate and an icephobic coating on a first surface of the base substrate, the icephobic coating comprising nanoparticles on the first surface of the substrate, carbon nanotubes bound to the nanoparticles, and fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds impregnated into and/or onto the carbon nanotubes, wherein the icephobic substrate has a plurality of flowpaths for the movement of solids and/or liquids relative to the icephobic coating.