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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Vincent D. Mcginniss, Columbus, OH (US);
Robert S. Whitmore, Jr., Columbus, OH (US);
K. David Monson, Powell, OH (US);
Melissa S. Roshon, Hilliard, OH (US);
Kevin B. Spahr, Worthington, OH (US);
Steven M. Risser, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Vincent D. McGinniss, Columbus, OH (US);
Robert S. Whitmore, Jr., Columbus, OH (US);
K. David Monson, Powell, OH (US);
Melissa S. Roshon, Hilliard, OH (US);
Kevin B. Spahr, Worthington, OH (US);
Steven M. Risser, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
Self-assembly is defined as the ability of an active ingredient (AI), when mixed with a polymer or polymers (solid or liquid state), to form either a complex or a strong attraction with the polymer/polymers, which influences the controlled release of the total system. This AI-polymer interaction or strong attraction can form in the solid state or in solution. The AI-polymer interaction also can form when applied to a filter paper, soil, seeds, or plant vegetation substrates, where the AI and polymer self-assembles into an AI-polymer-substrate matrix or complex that influences how the AI releases from the complex or matrix in a controlled manner.