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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Devices for thermally induced transformations controlled by irradiation of functionalized fullerenes
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Vijay Krishna, Gainesville, FL (US);
Karl R. Zawoy, High Springs, FL (US);
Brij M. Moudgil, Gainesville, FL (US);
Benjamin L. Koopman, Gainesville, FL (US);
Nathanael Ian Stevens, Gainesville, FL (US);
Kevin William Powers, Gainesville, FL (US);
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
An electromagnetic radiation activated device comprises a property changing material and at least one functionalized fullerene that upon irradiation of the functionalized fullerenes with electromagnetic radiation of one or more frequencies a thermally activated chemical or physical transformation occurs in the property changing material. The thermal activated transformation of the property changing material is triggered by the heating or combustion of the functionalized fullerenes upon their irradiation. The device can include a chemical agent that is embedded in the property changing material and is released when the material is heated by the functionalized fullerenes upon irradiation.