Holly Lynn Harris

US Patent:

20100203287, Aug 12, 2010

Filed:

May 28, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/474242

Inventors:

Yongdong Jiang - Norcross GA, US
Andrew Tye Hunt - Atlanta GA, US
Jeanne Y. Smalley - Riverdale GA, US
Holly E. Harris - Fairburn GA, US

Assignee:

nGimat Co. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

B32B 3/00
C23C 16/00

US Classification:

428141, 4272481, 42725528

Abstract:

Hydrophobic and self-cleaning surfaces have wide applications, including glasses, camera covers, windows, solar panels and high-end finished surfaces. Many existing hydrophobic coatings either have low transmittance, making them unsuitable for high light transmission applications, or are insufficiently hydrophobic. The present invention concerns high-quality hypertransparent superhydrophobic coatings, for example SiO-based, with double-roughness microstructure that were deposited on to, for example, glass substrates using, for example, the combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) technique. Embodiments of the invention include coatings with a contact angle of higher than 165, a rolling angle of

US Patent:

20100285230, Nov 11, 2010

Filed:

Feb 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/702775

Inventors:

Andrew Tye Hunt - Atlanta GA, US
Ian Campbell - Newnan GA, US
Holly E. Harris - Fairburn GA, US

Assignee:

nGimat Co. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

C23C 4/12

US Classification:

427446, 118 47, 977902

Abstract:

Nano technologies are widely recognized as enabling enhanced and new functionality in a wide range of applications and products. Many different ways have been developed to create and apply these nanomaterials. One method for making dry nanocoatings is vapor deposition. There exists a need for a portable machine that can apply nanocoatings to a wide of range of surfaces in a wide range of locations. The present invention comprises such a portable machine that can apply nanocoatings to a wide of range of surfaces in a wide range of locations.

US Patent:

20100021710, Jan 28, 2010

Filed:

Jul 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/499507

Inventors:

Andrew Tye Hunt - Atlanta GA, US
Holly E. Harris - Fairburn GA, US
Michelle Hendrick - Winder GA, US

Assignee:

NGIMAT CO. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

B32B 15/08

US Classification:

428220, 428336

Abstract:

The present invention comprises the use of silver-containing nanomaterials that have reduced interaction with light and still mitigate the growth of microorganisms, including fungi. The nanolayer is sufficiently thin and can be non-continuous, so that it has nominal optical effects on the material it is formed on. Silver is combined with other elements to minimize its diffusion and growth into larger sized grains that then would have increased effects on optical properties. Preferably, the additional elements also have mitigation properties for microorganisms, but are not harmful to larger organisms, including humans. Embodiments of the present invention can be used on a wide range of substrates, used in applications such as food processing, food packaging, medical instruments and devices, surgical and health facility surfaces, and other surfaces where it is desirable to mitigate or control the growth of microorganisms.

Author:

Holly Harris

ISBN #:

0226440036

Author:

Holly Harris

ISBN #:

0226440028