Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods specifically tailored for facilitating the mitigation of cosmetic impressions associated with fingerprint impressions on surface(s) of articles of manufacture made from anodized substrates. To this end, such methods provide for removal of fingerprints by enzymatically functionalizing the surface(s) of the article of manufacture (e.g., a cosmetic coating thereof) to generate an enzymatically active surface and activating such enzymatically functionalized surface(s) to promote such fingerprint removal. Thus methods and articles of manufacture made in accordance with such methods provide improved end-use utility and functionality of many products for consumer electronic applications, automotive applications, building materials applications, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are carbon dioxide capture devices, facilities, methods, and compositions. Specifically disclosed herein are devices, facilities, compositions and methods to capture carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmospheric air for providing long-term sequestration of the captured carbon and/or utilization thereof. To this end, a carbon dioxide capture device configured in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention can comprise a coating substrate having at least one coatable surface and a carbon dioxide capture coating composition on a coatable surface of the coating substrate. The carbon dioxide capture coating composition preferably comprises a coating material and a photosynthetic organism, wherein the photosynthetic organism is at least one of admixed within the coating material and on an exposed surface of the coating material.

Abstract: Sealants and caulks (i.e., polymeric fillers) disclosed herein are polymeric fillers that comprises a polymeric material composition and one or more lipolytic enzymes dispersed within the polymeric material composition. In preferred embodiments, the polymeric material composition is an acrylic latex sealant such as that in the form of a caulk and the one or more lipolytic enzymes comprises a lipase such as, preferably, a triacylglycerol lipase. Advantageously, the one or more lipolytic enzymes of such sealants and caulks degrades lipid-containing contaminants and resulting lipid-containing stains that contain lipids. The degradation is a result of the ability of a lipolytic enzyme to catalyze a reaction on a lipid-containing substance (i.e., a substrate) to hydrolyze or move (e.g., intra-esterification) ester bonds of such lipid-containing substance. This lipid-degradation functionality at least partially inhibits the growth of such mold and mildew resulting from exposure to lipid-containing contaminants.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a materials such as a coating, an elastomer, an adhesive, a sealant, a textile finish, a wax, and a filler for such a material, wherein the material includes an proteinaceous molecule such as a peptide and/an enzyme that confer a metal binding, an anti-fouling and/or an antibiotic property to the material. In particular, disclosed herein are marine coatings such as a marine paint that comprise an anti-fouling peptide sequence that reversibly binds a metal cation that is toxic to a fouling organism. Also disclosed herein are methods of reducing fouling on a surface by treating the surface with a metal binding peptide.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a materials such as a coating, an elastomer, an adhesive, a sealant, a textile finish, a wax, and a filler for such a material, wherein the material includes an proteinaceous molecule such as a peptide and/an enzyme that confer a metal binding, an anti-fouling and/or an antibiotic property to the material. In particular, disclosed herein are marine coatings such as a marine paint that comprise an anti-fouling peptide sequence that reversibly binds a metal cation that is toxic to a fouling organism. Also disclosed herein are methods of reducing fouling on a surface by treating the surface with a metal binding peptide.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are carbon dioxide capture devices, facilities, methods, and compositions. Specifically disclosed herein are devices, facilities, compositions and methods to capture carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmospheric air for providing long-term sequestration of the captured carbon and/or utilization thereof. To this end, a carbon dioxide capture device configured in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention can comprise a coating substrate having at least one coatable surface and a carbon dioxide capture coating composition on a coatable surface of the coating substrate. The carbon dioxide capture coating composition preferably comprises a coating material and a photosynthetic organism, wherein the photosynthetic organism is at least one of admixed within the coating material and on an exposed surface of the coating material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are peptide-containing anti-microbial coating compositions. The peptide-containing anti-microbial coating compositions can comprise an acrylic latex coating composition, an anti-microbial enzyme dispersed within the acrylic coating composition and an anti-microbial peptide dispersed within the acrylic coating composition. The anti-microbial enzyme and the anti-microbial peptide are jointly selected to synergistically enhance lysis efficacy of the coating composition in comparison to lysis efficacy of the coating composition with the anti-microbial enzyme alone. The acrylic coating can be an acrylic latex coating composition is an acrylic latex paint.