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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Patrick Thomas Spicer, Wyoming, OH (US);
William Broderick Small, Ii, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Mariemont, OH (US);
Patrick Thomas Spicer, Wyoming, OH (US);
William Broderick Small, II, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Mariemont, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A dry powder cubic gel precursor comprising an encapsulating compound, an amphiphile capable of forming a cubic liquid crystalline phase, and optionally a solvent. The encapsulating compound (A), amphiphile (B), and optional solvent (C) are present in mass fractions relative to each other such that 1.0=a+b+c wherein a is the mass fraction of A, b is the mass fraction of B, and c is the mass fraction of C. Further, 1.0>a>0, 1.0>b>0, 1.0>c>0 and a, b, and c do not fall within a cubic liquid crystalline phase region on a phase diagram representing phase behavior of A, B, and C.