Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric material having one or more nanoparticles embedded within the surface layer of a single side of the material. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles are microbiocidal nanoparticles which impart antimicrobial characteristics to the polymeric material within which they sprayed and pushed by are embedded.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2020
Assignees:
University of Limerick, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw University of Technology
Inventors:
Tofail Syed, Jacek Zeglinski, Patrick Cronin, Halina Podbielska, Ewa Dworniczek, Peter Tiernan, Roman Franiczek, Igor Buzalewicz, Magdalena Wawrzynska
Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric material having one or more nanoparticles embedded within the surface layer of a single side of the material. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles are microbiocidal nanoparticles which impart antimicrobial characteristics to the polymeric material within which they sprayed and pushed by are embedded.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 16, 2012
Publication date:
August 7, 2014
Applicants:
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK, WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Syed Tofail, Jacek Zeglinski, Patrick Cronin, Halina Podbielska, Ewa Dworniczek, Peter Tiernan, Roman Franiczek, Igor Buzalewicz, Magdalena Wawrzynska