Abstract: Substrates that exhibit antimicrobial and/or antifungal characteristics that persist through the useful life of the substrate, and more particularly textile substrates infused with or covalently bound to well-dispersed antimicrobial nanoparticles, such as silver and/or copper nanoparticles, which exhibit persistent and demonstrable bacteriocidal, bacteriostatic, fungicidal, fungistatic behavior through numerous wash cycles. Methods of manufacturing such substrates are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 18, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 22, 2012
Assignee:
NanoHorizons, Inc.
Inventors:
James L. Delattre, Daniel J. Hayes, Joseph Cuiffi, Matthew Henry, James Kundrat, Paul Carrigan