A method for treating a surface and an article comprising a layer of microbial structures
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorSHUANG CHEN
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating a surface of a substrate, the method comprising: a) growing a microbe on the surface of the substrate to be treated to form a layer of microbial structures, wherein the microbe is selected from fungi, algae, lichens and any combination thereof; and b) coating the microbial structures to form a first coating thereon, wherein the first coating has a thickness of no more than 1 μm. The present invention also provides an article comprising a layer of microbial structures, optionally made by using the method of the present invention.
Claims15
A method of treating a surface of a substrate, the method comprising:
- a) growing a microbe on the surface of the substrate to be treated to form a layer of microbial structures, wherein the microbe is selected from fungi, bacteria, algae, lichens and any combination thereof;
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- b) coating the microbial structures to form a first coating thereon, wherein the first coating has a thickness of no more than 1 μm.
An article comprising a substrate, a layer of microbial structures formed on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate, and a first coating formed on the microbial structures, wherein the microbial structures comprise a structure originating from fungi, algae, lichens or any combination thereof;
- and wherein the first coating has a thickness of no more than 1 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.