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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Nam-Joon Cho, Singapore, SG;

Ze Zhao, Singapore, SG;

Subra Suresh, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 17/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41M 1/26 (2006.01); D21B 1/02 (2006.01); D21C 5/02 (2006.01); D21H 25/02 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21B 1/02 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41M 1/26 (2013.01); D21C 5/027 (2013.01); D21H 17/21 (2013.01); D21H 25/02 (2013.01); G01L 1/2287 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a hygromorphic composite material comprising a moisture-active pollen paper substrate formed from a plurality of pollen microgel particles, and at least one moisture-inactive layer applied onto the top and/or bottom surface of the moisture-active pollen paper substrate with a pattern that causes the hygromorphic composite material to change its shape in a pre-determined manner due to a change in relative humidity of its ambient environment. Also disclosed herein is a method of forming the hygromorphic composite material.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cho, Nam-Joon. (2026). Hygromorphic composite material (U.S. Patent No. 12655582). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12655582

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