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US 9,872,917 B2Granted
Anion-paired cationic metallocene-containing compounds and polymers as antimicrobial agents
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsChuanbing Tang, Jiuyang Zhang, Yung-Pin Chen, Alan W. Decho
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Abstract
Anion-paired metallocene-containing compounds are generally provided, along with methods of making the same. In one embodiment, the anion-paired metallocene-containing compound includes a cationic metallocene moiety covalently connected to an organic functional group, and an anion paired to the cationic metallocene moiety. Generally, the cationic metallocene moiety comprises two cyclopentadienyl anions bound to a metal center in the oxidation state I.
Claims6
A anion-paired metallocene-containing polymer, comprising;
- at least one monomeric unit comprising a cationic metallocene moiety paired to an anion, wherein the cationic metallocene moiety comprises two cyclopentadienyl anions bound to a metal center in the oxidation state I, and wherein the anion comprises an anionic antibiotic compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.