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US 10,950,146 B2Granted
Moisture responsive materials, methods of making and methods of use
AssigneeUniversity of Connecticut
InventorsLuyi Sun, Songshan Zeng, Dianyun Zhang
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AssigneeUniversity of Connecticut
InventorsLuyi Sun, Songshan Zeng, Dianyun Zhang
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A moisture responsive system comprising: a thin film polymer layer, wherein the thin film polymer comprises a hydrophilic polymer; and a substrate polymer layer, wherein the substrate polymer comprises a hydrophobic elastomer; wherein the thin film polymer layer is attached to the substrate polymer layer at a bottom surface of the thin film polymer layer and the thin film polymer layer has a top surface opposing the bottom surface is provided. A method of making a moisture responsive system, comprising: applying a thin film polymer layer to a foundation; applying a substrate polymer layer on the thin film polymer layer; curing the substrate polymer layer to form a thin film polymer layer/substrate polymer bilayer; and removing the thin film polymer layer/substrate polymer bilayer from the foundation is provided. A method of using such a moisture responsive system by applying moisture to the moisture responsive system is provided.
A bi-layer moisture responsive system consisting of:
A moisture responsive system consisting of a thin film polymer layer, wherein the thin film polymer comprises a hydrophilic polymer, and a substrate polymer layer, wherein the substrate polymer comprises a hydrophobic elastomer which is a polydimethylsiloxane;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.