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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Joshua A. Orlicki, Harve de Grace, MD (US);
Robert E. Jensen, Newark, DE (US);
Matthew S. Bratcher, Baldwin, MD (US);
Steven H. Mcknight, Newark, DE (US);
Joshua A. Orlicki, Harve de Grace, MD (US);
Robert E. Jensen, Newark, DE (US);
Matthew S. Bratcher, Baldwin, MD (US);
Steven H. McKnight, Newark, DE (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for modifying a polymer are disclosed herein. A matrix is generally provided having a surface thereof, wherein the matrix comprises a plurality of hyperbranched polymers. The plurality of hyperbranched polymers can be chemically bound to a plurality of surfactants or order to modify the surface and produce a polymeric material thereof. The surface is tailored with a plurality of functional groups that self-assemble and are deliverable to the surface of the solution, including interfaces thereof, thereby permitting a high-density assembly of functional groups to operate in concert with one another in order to generate a modified surface thereof. The polymeric material produced thereof can be reversibly adaptable to environmental conditions through a blooming of varying surface functional group to the surface of the solution.