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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Arthur C. Watterson, Lowell, MA (US);
Ravi Mosurkal, Natick, MA (US);
Jayant Kumar, Lowell, MA (US);
Virinder S. Parmar, Lowell, MA (US);
Lynne A. Samuelson, Natick, MA (US);
Rajesh Kumar, Lowell, MA (US);
Vincent B. Tucci, Lowell, MA (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A polymer is characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (I): or a copolymer thereof. A crosslinked polymer characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V): or a copolymer thereof, wherein at least one such repeat unit of a first polymer strand is crosslinked with at least one repeat unit of a second polymer strand by at least one bridging unit, the first and second polymer strands and the repeat unit being components of the crosslinked polymer.