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AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsVincent D. McGinniss, Robert S. Whitmore, Jr., K. David Monson, Melissa S. Roshon, Kevin B. Spahr, Steven M. Risser
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Self-assembly is defined as the ability of an active ingredient (AI), when mixed with a polymer or polymers (solid or liquid state), to form either a complex or a strong attraction with the polymer/polymers, which influences the controlled release of the total system. This AI-polymer interaction or strong attraction can form in the solid state or in solution. The AI-polymer interaction also can form when applied to a filter paper, soil, seeds, or plant vegetation substrates, where the AI and polymer self-assembles into an AI-polymer-substrate matrix or complex that influences how the AI releases from the complex or matrix in a controlled manner.
A method for constructing a self-assembling polymeric particle bearing an active ingredient (“AI”) and for treating soil or plant surfaces, which comprises the steps of:
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