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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Applicants:
The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Emily M. Hunt, Canyon, TX (US);
Michelle L. Pantoya, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignees:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/05 (2006.01); C22C 1/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/238 (2006.01); C09D 7/12 (2006.01); C09D 5/14 (2006.01); C22C 1/08 (2006.01); C22C 21/00 (2006.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/11 (2006.01); C22C 29/12 (2006.01); C22C 32/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B22F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 7/1291 (2013.01); B22F 1/0018 (2013.01); B22F 3/1143 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C09D 5/14 (2013.01); C09D 7/1225 (2013.01); C22C 1/051 (2013.01); C22C 1/08 (2013.01); C22C 1/10 (2013.01); C22C 21/00 (2013.01); C22C 29/12 (2013.01); C22C 32/0015 (2013.01); C22C 32/0036 (2013.01); B22F 1/0048 (2013.01); B22F 1/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24997 (2015.04);
Abstract
Antibacterial metallic nanofoams, substrates having the nanofoam coated thereon, methods for preventing, inhibiting, and/or killing bacterial growth using the metallic nanofoams, and compositions and methods for making the metallic nanofoams.