Compositions and methods for detection of a material of interest
AssigneeTiax LLC
InventorKevin Beltis
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Abstract
Provided are processes and compositions for capturing a material of interest such as a biological, chemical, or other toxic agent on or from a surface. A method includes applying a liquid polymeric coating to a surface having a material of interest deposited thereon, encapsulating the material of interest with the composition, curing or otherwise solidifying the composition to form a polymeric coating on the surface, and optionally peeling the coating from the surface. The peeling may remove a portion or all of the material of interest from the surface. Also provided are devices that may be used in the processes provided herein.
Claims21
A method of collecting a material of interest for detection, comprising:
- contacting a liquid polymeric coating to a substrate surface or gas, said substrate or gas comprising the material of interest, the polymeric coating comprising a polymer or polymerizable resin;
- encapsulating the material of interest with the polymeric coating;
- curing the liquid polymeric coating to form a sampling device, and
- peeling the sampling device from the surface so as to remove the material of interest from the surface.
A sampling device comprising:
- a sheet material;
- a liquid polymeric coating contacting at least a portion of the sheet material, the polymeric coating comprising a polymer or polymerizable resin;
- wherein said polymeric coating is curable as a film on or in the sheet material so as to form a sampling device configured to adhere to a surface so as to be peeled from the surface in a single piece, or in several large pieces, without flaking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.