Anti-stick surface coatings
AssigneeDesigner Molecules, Inc.
InventorSTEPHEN M DERSHEM
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Abstract
The present invention describes anti-stick coatings composed of carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt or thiol functionalized siloxanes. The compounds of this invention can be used as coatings on the surface of wind turbine blades, aircraft wings and fuselage, or on the surface of oil and gas platforms, ships, and other vehicles exposed to harsh weather conditions. These functionalized silicones can bond to the surface and create a new hydrophobic and oleophobic surface that is repellent to ice, oil, dirt and insects that may cause loss of efficiency, or impact the operation of the wind turbine, aircraft, ships, or offshore oil and gas platform that are exposed to the elements. These compounds also serve as anti-graffiti coatings, and as anti-stiction coatings for MEMS devices
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a surface exposed to precipitation, ice, a marine environment, airborne debris, insects, graffiti, stiction forces;
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- a coating disposed on said surface comprising of at least one functionalized siloxane and additives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.