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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Schwartz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ellen Gawalt, Princeton, NJ (US);
Michael Avaltroni, Staten Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ; B32B 1/904 ; B32B 1/500 ; A61F 2/28 ; A61F 2/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ; B32B 1/904 ; B32B 1/500 ; A61F 2/28 ; A61F 2/02 ;
Abstract
Ligand-containing coating layers on the surface of hydroxide-bearing substrates comprising transition metal atoms selected from the group consisting of Group IVB, Group VB and Group VIB of the Periodic Chart covalently bonded to the surface hydroxyls of said substrate, wherein each transition metal atom is further covalently bonded to one or more ligands of said coating layer, thereby covalently bonding said coating layer to said substrate. Disclosed ligands include inorganic phosphates and organic phosphonates.