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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, Lexington, MA (US);
Yu Wang, Medford, MA (US);
Beom Joon Kim, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 7/04 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 7/0427 (2020.01); C08J 2383/04 (2013.01); C08J 2489/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to reversibly wrinkled silk-based compositions. The provided compositions are tunable and the reversible wrinkles are sensitive to water vapor, methanol vapor, and UV irradiation. The present disclosure also provides methods for making and using the same.