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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Westerville, OH (US);
Robert J. Cain, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Westerville, OH (US);
Robert J. Cain, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A surface modifying composition comprises an amphiphilic compound which is non-cellulose based, the amphiphilic compound including a covalently linked ionic moiety with the following formula: where M=metal oxide or binary metal oxide, Ai is selected from compounds with surface energy greater than or equal to 25 dynes cm, A2 is selected from compounds with surface energy greater than or equal to 12 dynes cm, A3 is selected from compounds having more than one reactive functional group, x=NH, NHR' or NR′(R′=methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl), y=COOH, SOH or POH, and R=H or halogen; and where one of the A-x, A, or A-y may be replaced by a second O—R.