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US 8,834,686 B2Granted
Microporous article having metallic nanoparticle coating
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDonald J. McClure, Mario A. Perez
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Abstract
A metallic nanoparticle coated microporous substrate, the process for preparing the same and uses thereof are described.
Claims15
A method for preparing a metallic nanoparticle coated film comprising:
- a) providing a thermoplastic microporous membrane, and
- b) depositing a discontinuous coating of metallic nanoparticle on the surface of the membrane by physical vapor deposition;
- wherein the metallic nanoparticles comprise individual particles or agglomerates of particles having an average major dimension of less than 100 nm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.