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US 9,428,849 B2Granted
Polypeptide electrospun nanofibrils of defined composition
AssigneesUniversity of South Florida, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsDonald T. Haynie, Lei Zhai
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Abstract
Electrospun nanofibrils and methods of preparing the same are provided. The electrospun nanofibrils comprise at least one polypeptide. A polypeptide can be dissolved in a solution, and the solution can be electrospun into a nanofibril. The solution can be added to a syringe or syringe pump, and an electric field can be applied to electrospin the at least one polypeptide.
Claims6
An electrospun nanofibril, comprising a polypeptide that is poly(L-glutamate, tyrosine), wherein the polypeptide satisfies the following equation:
- (non-polar surface area−polar surface area)/DP<100 square angstroms/residue, where DP is the degree of polymerization of the polypeptide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.