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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2023
Matthew L. Becker, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Howard Levinson, Durham, NC (US);
Matthew L. Becker, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Howard Levinson, Durham, NC (US);
The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, the present invention relates to a series of anti-fouling zwitterionic biodegradable thiol-yne elastomers that incorporate degradable C-Cdicarboxylic acid-based monomer units made using a nucleophilic thiol-yne polymerization methodology that targets high cis-content at comparable molar masses to provide excellent mechanical properties and zwitterionic side chains that provide anti fouling properties. As each C-Cdicarboxylic acid-based monomer unit contains at least two labile ester linkages, altering the stoichiometry of degradable C-Cdicarboxylic acid-based monomer unit incorporation allows the degradation rate of the material to be tuned precisely, while retaining control over the mechanical properties by maintaining the cis/trans stereochemistry of the double bonds to provide independent tuning of mechanical and degradative properties.