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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Applicant:
Anastasios Angelopoulos, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Anastasios Angelopoulos, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of a coated substrate comprise a substrate () with a multi-functional multi-layer nanoparticle coating () having a thickness of up to about 500 nm thereon. The nanoparticle coating () comprises an ionic polyelectrolyte layer (), and a mixed colloid layer disposed over the polyelectrolyte layer (). The mixed colloid layer comprises hydrophilic colloid ions () and conductive colloid ions () which is coupled through electrostatic or non-electrostatic forces, and the conductive colloid ions (), the hydrophilic colloid ions (), or both are coupled to the polyelectrolyte layer ().