Patent ID: 8883710
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C11D

Abstract:
1. A consumer care composition for treating a substrate comprising: (a) an active material that in the presence of an acid or a base has one or more functional groups forming covalent attachments to the substrate's complementary functional groups; (b) a photocatalyst capable of generating an acid or a base upon exposure to light, wherein the photocatalyst absorbs light within electromagnetic spectrum from infrared to visible and to ultraviolet light, from 1200 nm to 200 nm, and wherein the photocatalyst is a photoacid selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydroxyl compounds, sulfonated pyrene compounds, onium salts, diazomethane derivatives, bissulfone derivatives, disulfuno derivatives, nitrobenzyl sulfonate derivatives, sulfonic acid ester derivatives, sulfonic acid esters of N-hydroxyimides, and combinations thereof; and (c) a delivery vehicle for the combination of elements wherein the substrate excludes physiological materials.