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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Travis S. Bailey, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Chen Guo, Newark, DE (US);
Jackson T. Lewis, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kristine Fischenich, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Tammy Haut Donahue, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dilanji Wijayasekara, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew G. Cowan, Boulder, CO (US);
Douglas L. Gin, Longmont, CO (US);
Richard D. Noble, Boulder, CO (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a block copolymer hydrogel, comprising a glass formed from a dry blend of polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer (SO) and polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide)-polystyrene triblock copolymer (SOS) in a molar ratio from between 95:5 and 1:99 SO/SOS and a liquid medium at a concentration between about 32:1 and about 2:1 liquid medium/SO—SOS by weight. The block copolymer hydrogel has a fatigue resistance to at least 500,000 compression cycles. Also provided are methods for forming the hydrogel.