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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Paul G. Duncan, Vienna, VA (US);
Sean Michael Christian, Woodbridge, VA (US);
David M. Orcutt, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Airak, Inc,, Manassas, VA (US);
Abstract
An antibiofouling material, a method for making said antibiofouling material, a sensor apparatus employing said antibiofouling material, and a method of making said sensor apparatus. The disclosed antibiofouling material includes one or more biocides and one or more charge transfer compounds are embedded within a copolymer host matrix. Biocides used in the present invention may include, but are not limited to, Halobenzonitriles, Azoles, diuron; and simazine. Among its uses, the antibiofouling material of the present invention can be used in a sensor apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, one or more surfaces of said sensor apparatus are coated with an antibiofouling material comprised of one or more biocides, one or more charge transfer compounds, and a copolymer host matrix.