Multifunctional superhydrophobic particles for chemical adhesion and blooming

A particle comprising:

• a surface;
• a first moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one substantially hydrophobic appendage and an anti-microbial functional group;
• and
• a second moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one appendage comprising a reactive functional group,
• whereby the particle is:
• (i) substantially superhydrophobic as a result of the substantially hydrophobic appendage;
• (ii) chemically reactive as a result of the reactive functional group;
• and
• (iii) anti-microbial as a result of the anti-microbial functional group.

A particle comprising:

• a surface of the particle;
• a first moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one substantially hydrophobic appendage;
• a second moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one appendage comprising a reactive functional group;
• and
• a third moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one appendage comprising a substantially hydrophilic repeating unit;
• whereby the particle is substantially superhydrophobic as a result of the substantially hydrophobic appendage, chemically reactive as a result of the reactive functional group, and migratory to a surface of a hydrophobic matrix in which the particle is included as a result of the substantially hydrophilic repeating unit.

A composition comprising:

• a substantially hydrophobic polymer;
• and
• multifunctional particles dispersed or distributed in the substantially hydrophobic polymer, at least a portion of the multifunctional particles comprising:
• a first moiety coupled to a surface of the multifunctional particle, the first moiety comprising at least one substantially hydrophobic appendage;
• and
• a second moiety coupled to the surface of the multifunctional particle, the second moiety comprising at least one appendage comprising a reactive functional group and a substantially hydrophilic repeating unit,
• whereby the multifunctional particle is
• (i) substantially superhydrophobic as a result of the substantially hydrophobic appendage;
• (ii) chemically reactive as a result of the reactive functional group;
• and
• (iii) migratory to an air-exposed surface of the substantially hydrophobic polymer as a result of the substantially hydrophilic repeating unit.

An article comprising:

• a substantially hydrophobic polymer;
• and
• multifunctional particles presented on an air-surface interface of an article, the multifunctional particles comprising:
• at least one first moiety comprising at least one substantially hydrophobic appendage;
• at least one second moiety comprising at least one appendage having a reactive functional group;
• and
• at least one third moiety comprising at least one appendage having a substantially hydrophilic repeating unit.