US Patent Issued to The Texas A&M University System on April 14 for "Process to synthesize/integrate durable/robust low surface energy "hydrophobic" dropwise condensation promoter coatings on metal and metal oxide surfaces" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,883, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Process to synthesize/integrate durable/robust low surface energy "hydrophobic" dropwise condensation promoter coatings on metal and metal oxide surfaces" was invented by Dion S. Antao (College Station, Texas) and Ruisong Wang (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a method of forming a self-assembled monolayer coating on a surface of a substrate. In general, the method includes polishing the substrate, cleaning the substrate, and creating a plurality of bonding site...