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AssigneeAlnis, LLC
InventorsDavid S. Soane, Stephen E. Barry, Andrew Goodwin, David A. Offord, Michael G. Perrott
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Synthetic polymer complements (SPCs) are provided, as well as methods for their synthesis and use. The SPCs may have surfaces that include functional groups that are complementary to surface sites of targets such as nanostructures or macromolecular targets, and may be capable of specifically interacting with such targets. The positions of the functional groups in one embodiment are stabilized by a polymer network. The SPCs are formed by contacting the target with a set of monomers which self-assemble on the target, and then are polymerized into a network to form the synthetic polymer complement. At least a portion of the surface of the resulting SPC thus may include an imprint of the target. The complex of the SPC and the target may be the desired product. Alternatively, the target is released, for example, by controllably expanding and contracting the crosslinked network. The SPC is isolated and used in many applications.
A set of monomers capable of self assembling and forming a synthetic polymer complement “SPC” capable of binding a target, wherein the SPC has a diameter less than about 1000 nm, and wherein at least some of the monomers comprise:
A synthetic polymer complement (“SPC”) having a diameter less than about 1000 nm and capable of binding a target, wherein the SPC is formed by:
The synthetic polymer complement of claimn 19, wherein some of the monomers comprise styrene, divinylbenzene and vinylbenzoic acid, and wherein the monomer set further comprises a cosurfactant.
A method of making a synthetic polymer complement (“SPC”) having a diameter less than about 1000 nm, wherein the SPC is capable of binding a target, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.