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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Osman Rathore, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Dotsevi Y. Sogah, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Osman Rathore, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Dotsevi Y. Sogah, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 7/00 (2006.01); C07K 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Replacement of the amorphous peptide domain of a structural biopolymer, such as silk from silkworms or spiders, with a nonpeptide segment while maintaining the β-sheet forming crystalline segments provides synthetic multiblock copolymers having solid-state structures and mechanical properties similar to the naturally occurring structural biopolymer is described herein. Such synthetic multiblock copolymers may be produced as films or fibers.