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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);
Landon D. Nash, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Duncan J. Maitland, College Station, TX (US);
Nicole Docherty, Trop, MI (US);
Thomas S. Wilson, San Leandro, CA (US);
Ward Small, IV, Livermore, CA (US);
Jason Ortega, Pacifica, CA (US);
Pooja Singhal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
An embodiment includes a system comprising: a monolithic shape memory polymer (SMP) foam having first and second states; wherein the SMP foam includes: (a) polyurethane, (b) an inner half portion having inner reticulated cells defined by inner struts, (c) an outer half portion, having outer reticulated cells defined by outer struts, surrounding the inner portion in a plane that provides a cross-section of the SMP foam, (d) hydroxyl groups chemically bound to outer surfaces of both the inner and outer struts. Other embodiments are discussed herein.