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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Subbareddy Kanagasabapathy, Lexington, KY (US);
Richard J. Baumgart, Paris, KY (US);
Wen-chen Su, Lexington, KY (US);
Frances E. Lockwood, Georgetown, KY (US);
Vinod Kanniah, Lexington, KY (US);
Subbareddy Kanagasabapathy, Lexington, KY (US);
Richard J. Baumgart, Paris, KY (US);
Wen-Chen Su, Lexington, KY (US);
Frances E. Lockwood, Georgetown, KY (US);
Vinod Kanniah, Lexington, KY (US);
Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC, Dublin, OH (US);
Abstract
A coating composition and process for generating transparent, near-transparent, and semi-transparent super-hydrophobic coatings on surfaces having a contact angle of greater than 165 degrees. The composition comprises hydrophobic nanoparticles of silsesquioxanes containing adhesion promoter groups and low surface energy groups.