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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Richard M. Laine, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher L. Soles, Germantown, MD (US);
David J. Krug, Iii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hyun Wook RO, Rockville, MD (US);
Vera Nikolova Popova-gueorguieva, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Richard M. Laine, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher L. Soles, Germantown, MD (US);
David J. Krug, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hyun Wook Ro, Rockville, MD (US);
Vera Nikolova Popova-Gueorguieva, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Mayaterials, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
NIST, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a coating comprising the steps of dissolving an silsesquioxane (e.g., one that is primarily a cage compound with 8, 10, 12, 14 or related complete cages or with partially condensed cages containing primarily Si(O)units in the cage) in a solvent to form an silsesquioxane solution; introducing (e.g., dissolving) an additive in the solution (e.g., the additive being selected from a rare earth compound, an acid, an organic moiety, a precious metal or compound thereof, a transition metal compound, or any combination thereof, or any of their ionic constituents); and optionally mixing a diluent with the solution to form a coating that is applied to a substrate, wherein the resulting coating forms crosslinks between resulting pendant Si(OH)groups and a substrate surface. The present invention also contemplates coatings and coated articles consistent with the present teachings.