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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Niels Holten-Andersen, Quincy, MA (US);
Scott Charles Grindy, Newton, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods, compositions, reagents, systems, and kits to prepare materials with viscoelastic properties that respond to irradiation with light. Various embodiments show that bio-inspired histidine:transition metal ion complexes allow precise and tunable control over the viscoelastic properties of polymer networks containing these types of crosslinks pre and post-irradiation. These materials have the potential to aid biomedical materials scientists in the development of materials with specific stress-relaxing or energy-dissipating properties.