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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Gordon Sisler, Stoney Creek, CA;
Carolyn Moorlag, Mississauga, CA;
Matthew Heuft, Oakville, CA;
Gail Song, Milton, CA;
Brynn Dooley, Toronto, CA;
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A composition including a stimulus-responsive polymer, a base polymer and a catalyst, wherein the surface free energy of the stimulus-responsive polymer is reversibly adjustable from a first surface free energy state to a second surface free energy state when heated to an activation temperature, and wherein the base polymer does not include a platinum catalyst is described. A method of preparing the composition and a method of adjusting a surface free energy of the composition is also described.