Patent ID: 8529681
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: C08F,C09D

Abstract:
1. A biofouling-resistant material, made by performing a process of attaching alkene-functionalized ceragenins to a surface of a polymer substrate using ultraviolet light (UV), comprising, in the order listed: a) providing a polymer substrate; b) depositing a UV-absorbing photoinitiator on a surface of the substrate; c) contacting the surface of the substrate with a monomer solution comprising an alkene-functionalized ceragenin monomer, a comonomer, and a solvent; d) exposing the monomer solution contacting the surface to UV light, thereby forming radicals that initiate a polymerization reaction; and e) forming ceragenin-containing copolymer reaction products that are chemically grafted to the surface of the polymer substrate.