Spill containment and management system for glass ceramic cooktop

Abstract

A method of preparing a panel includes disposing a precursor solution in a discontinuous pattern directly onto a surface of a blank glass ceramic panel, the precursor solution comprising zirconium (Zr), oxygen (O), and optionally silicon (Si), wherein the discontinuous pattern does not define a complete enclosure, heating the blank glass ceramic panel and the precursor solution, and creating liquid-repelling films on the surface having the discontinuous pattern from the precursor solution and forming the panel, wherein the liquid-repelling films are non-hydrophobic, exhibit a water contact angle of less than or equal to about 90°, and direct aqueous liquids to at least one predetermined location on the panel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.