A COMPOSITE AND A METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Yugen, WANG, Jinquan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.09.2021
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLISHES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

There is provided a composite comprising an inorganic metal or alloy core at least partially covered by a protection layer comprising a carboxylate salt, a metal oxide, a metal oxide salt or a metal-amino acid complex. There is also provided a method of preparing the composite comprising an inorganic metal or alloy core at least partially covered by a protection layer comprising a carboxylate salt, a metal oxide, a metal oxide salt or a metal-amino acid complex, comprising the step of mixing a metal or alloy with an acid, at elevated temperature for a time duration, optionally in the presence of a solvent. There is also provided use of a composite as an antimicrobial agent, and uses of a composite in the treatment or prophylaxis of microbial infection. There is also provided a method of inhibiting microbial activity or treating a microbial infection or disease comprising administering an antimicrobial composition comprising said composite as disclosed herein to a subject or applying the antimicrobial composition on a surface.