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US 2026/0125523 A1Published application
Fluxional carbon cage polymer networks
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorsMatthew Golder, Peiguan Sun
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Abstract
Polymer networks including one or more polymers and a fluxional carbon cage are described. The fluxional carbon cage covalently crosslinks the one or more polymers to form the polymer network. Methods to synthesize the polymer network include preparing a fluxional carbon cage crosslinker, combining the fluxional carbon cage crosslinker with monomers and/or one or more polymers and a free radical initiator to form a mixture, and exposing the mixture to thermal energy and/or electromagnetic energy to form the polymer network.
Claims20
A polymer network comprising:
- one or more polymers and a fluxional carbon cage,
- wherein the fluxional carbon cage covalently crosslinks the one or more polymers to form the polymer network.
A force responsive material comprising:
- a polymer network comprising at least one polymer strand of one or more polymers covalently bound to a fluxional carbon cage, the at least one polymer strand configured to isomerize about the fluxional carbon cage by a sigmatropic rearrangement in response to a mechanical force acting upon the strand.
A kit comprising:
- a mixture of monomers, a fluxional carbon cage crosslinker, and a free radical initiator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.