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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2022
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nenad Miljkovic, Urbana, IL (US);
Christopher Evans, Urbana, IL (US);
Jingcheng MA, Chicago, IL (US);
Laura Porath, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 183/04 (2006.01); C08G 77/398 (2006.01); C09D 5/16 (2006.01); C09D 7/20 (2018.01); C09D 7/61 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 183/04 (2013.01); C08G 77/398 (2013.01); C09D 5/1675 (2013.01); C09D 7/20 (2018.01); C09D 7/61 (2018.01); Y10T 428/26 (2015.01);
Abstract
A hydrophobic, self-healing coating includes a vitrimer film having a silicone polymer network crosslinked with dynamic covalent bonds including a boronic ester, where the vitrimer film has a thickness of less than 1000 nm, and where the dynamic covalent bonds provide a mechanism for self-healing of the vitrimer film.