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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Elmira, NY (US);
Odessa Natalie Petzold, Elmira, NY (US);
Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Corning, NY (US);
Wageesha Senaratne, Horseheads, NY (US);
Florence Christine Monique Verrier, Corning, NY (US);
Ying Wei, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A transparent cover glass for applications such as, but not limited to, touch screen devices that embody antimicrobial properties that include s being antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral. The antimicrobial glasses contain nanoparticles of Cu or CuO on the surface of the glass. The antimicrobial glasses can further have a fluorosilane coating or other coating on the surface to make the glasses easy-to-clean. Also, glass surfaces having an antibacterial or antimicrobial surfaces and a protective coating on the surface that do not inhibit the antibacterial or antimicrobial properties of the glass are described. The disclosure is further directed to methods of making such articles.