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US 6,551,583 B2Granted
Antibiofouling method and apparatus for optical sensors
AssigneeAirak, Inc.
InventorsPaul G. Duncan, Sean Michael Christian, David M. Orcutt
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AssigneeAirak, Inc.
InventorsPaul G. Duncan, Sean Michael Christian, David M. Orcutt
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An antibiofouling material, a method for making said antibiofouling material, a sensor apparatus employing said antibiofouling material, and a method of making said sensor apparatus. The disclosed antibiofouling material includes one or more biocides and one or more charge transfer compounds are embedded within a copolymer host matrix. Biocides used in the present invention may include, but are not limited to, Halobenzonitriles, Azoles, diuron; and simazine. Among its uses, the antibiofouling material of the present invention can be used in a sensor apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, one or more surfaces of said sensor apparatus are coated with an antibiofouling material comprised of one or more biocides, one or more charge transfer compounds, and a copolymer host matrix.
An antibiofouling material, in which one or more biocides of a concentration not exceeding ten parts per million and one or more charge transfer compounds are embedded within a copolymer host matrix.
An antibiofouling material, comprised of chlorotalonil at a concentration below one part per million and ruthenium(II) tris (4,7 diphenyl-1, 10 phenanthroline) embedded within a free radical polymerized, UV-initiated copolymer host matrix.
An antibiofouling material production process, comprising the steps of:
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