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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Travis S. Bailey, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nabila Asem Huq, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Vincent F. Scalfani, Northport, AL (US);
John R. Ekblad, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Alexander T. Leonard, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a thermoplastic elastomer hydrogel and methods of making such. The hydrogel comprises a glass formed from poly(styrene)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) in which the coronal chain end has been functionalized with photodimerizable groups (AB-photo) and a liquid medium at a concentration between about 32:1 and about 2:1 liquid medium/AB-photo by weight. The hydrogel has a fatigue resistance to at least 500,000 compression cycles.