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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Ye Pu, Préverenges, CH;
Marcin Stefan Zielinski, Lausanne, CH;
Demetri Psaltis, Préverenges, CH;
Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Chicago, IL (US);
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to polymeric structures, in the form of flat membrane-like surfaces or micro- nanostruc-tures such as capsules, characterized in that it comprises a substantially two-dimensional layer of covalently-bonded monomers of R-substituted metal or metalloid oxides. Said polymeric structures in most embodiments have a crystal architecture with a hexagonal lattice, but the nature of the covalent bonds present therein impart a bending flexibility that make the polymeric structures behave as a 'soft' crystal. Methods of producing such structures, composition comprising thereof and method of using thereof are also included within the present disclosure.