Self-assembling polymers, and materials fabricated therefrom
OwnerRegina Valluzzi, David Kaplaninventors
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Abstract
The invention features miniblock polymers containing solubilizing blocks and folding blocks, wherein the miniblock polymers in solution can self-fabricate to form materials having a long-range order. Also disclosed are rigid well-fabricated materials and methods of using these materials.
Claims55
A miniblock polymer comprising a self-fabricating block and a solubilizing block, wherein the miniblock polymer has a molecular weight of about 1,000 to about 300,000 and, in solution, can self-fabricate to form a three-dimensional material having a long-range order, and wherein the miniblock polymer has a glycine content of at least 20%.
A miniblock polymer comprising a self-fabricating block, a solubilizing block, a block for triggering self-fabrication by external or environmental conditions, and a block for incorporating turns in the polymer or for providing sites for chemical modifications, wherein the miniblock polymer has a molecular weight of about 1,000 to about 300,000 and, in solution, can self-fabricate to form a three-dimensional material having a long-range order, and wherein the miniblock polymer has a glycine content of at least 20%.
A miniblock polymer comprising multimeric associated helical segments and non-helical segments, wherein the polymer in solution can self-assemble to form a material having a long-range order and at least one of the helical segments comprises a peptide sequence having a glycine (G) residue at every third position.
A self-fabricated material having a long-range order in the solid glassy state, wherein the material is prepared from a miniblock polymer comprising helical and non-helical segments.
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