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US 10,743,537 B2Granted
Monomer compositions with antimicrobial functionality
AssigneesInternational Business Machines Corporation, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorsMareva B. Fevre, James L. Hedrick, Nathaniel H. Park, Victoria A. Piunova, Pang Kern Jeremy Tan, Yi Yan Yang, Mu San Zhang
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Abstract
Techniques regarding ionene compositions with antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a monomer, which can comprise a single ionene unit. The single ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. Also, a hydrophobic functional group can be covalently bonded to the molecular backbone, and the single ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality.
Claims8
A monomer comprising:
- a single ionene unit comprising a nitrogen cation distributed along a molecular backbone, and a hydrophobic functional group covalently bonded to the molecular backbone, wherein the single ionene unit has antimicrobial functionality, wherein the monomer is characterized by a chemical structure selected from the group consisting of:
- wherein “n” is an integer greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to one thousand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.