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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Shu Yang, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Jason Christopher Jolly, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gaoxiang Wu, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Anand Jagota, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Zhenping He, Chalfont, PA (US);
Hyesung Cho, Philadelphia, PA (US);
THe Trustees of the University of Pennyslvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Abstract
An adhesive that includes a polymer network capable of conversion between two different elastic modulus states with essentially no residual stress evolved in conversion between the two different elastic modulus states, wherein the polymer network comprises either or both of (i) poly (2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) hydrogel and/or a copolymers thereof, and (ii) a shape memory polymer. The technology also concerns methods of using such adhesives.