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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
James L. Delattre, State College, PA (US);
Daniel J. Hayes, State College, PA (US);
Joseph Cuiffi, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Matthew Henry, State College, PA (US);
James Kundrat, State College, PA (US);
Paul Carrigan, State College, PA (US);
James L. Delattre, State College, PA (US);
Daniel J. Hayes, State College, PA (US);
Joseph Cuiffi, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Matthew Henry, State College, PA (US);
James Kundrat, State College, PA (US);
Paul Carrigan, State College, PA (US);
NanoHorizons, Inc., State College, PA (US);
Abstract
Substrates that exhibit antimicrobial and/or antifungal characteristics that persist through the useful life of the substrate, and more particularly textile substrates infused with or covalently bound to well-dispersed antimicrobial nanoparticles, such as silver and/or copper nanoparticles, which exhibit persistent and demonstrable bacteriocidal, bacteriostatic, fungicidal, fungistatic behavior through numerous wash cycles. Methods of manufacturing such substrates are also provided.