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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Wojciech Jakubowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Patrick Mccarthy, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nicolay Tsarevsky, Dallas, TX (US);
James Spanswick, Wheaton, IL (US);
Wojciech Jakubowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Patrick McCarthy, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nicolay Tsarevsky, Dallas, TX (US);
James Spanswick, Wheaton, IL (US);
ATRP Solutions, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A polymer composition comprising star macromolecules is provided. Each star macromolecule has a core and five or more arms, wherein the number of arms within a star macromolecule varies across the composition of star molecules. The arms on a star are covalently attached to the core of the star; each arm comprises one or more (co)polymer segments; and at least one arm and/or at least one segment exhibits a different solubility from at least one other arm or one other segment, respectively, in a reference liquid of interest.