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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
William Clayton Bunyard, DePere, WI (US);
Timothy E Long, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Adam E. Smith, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Shijing Cheng, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Sean T. Hemp, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A composition includes a responsive block copolymer, the responsive block copolymer including at least one block A that is a triggerable copolymer, the triggerable copolymer including at least one lower critical solution temperature monomer and at least one charged monomer, wherein the triggerable copolymer block A is a dual trigger block configured to trigger on temperature and ionic strength, and wherein the responsive block copolymer micellizes or gels at a temperature between 28° C. and 37° C. and a salt concentration of about 0.9 wt %.