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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Judit E. Puskas, Akron, OH (US);
Emily Q. Rosenthal-kim, Dublin, OH (US);
Judit E. Puskas, Akron, OH (US);
Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim, Dublin, OH (US);
The University of Akron, Akron, unknown;
Abstract
A method for the polymerization of α-lipoic acid and α-lipoic acid derivatives includes preparing an α-lipoic formulation, exposing the α-lipoic formulation to an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase at a gas/water interface, and allowing the α-lipoic formulation to polymerize at the gas/water interface to form a poly(α-lipoic acid) polymer. The α-lipoic formulation can be an α-lipoic solution of an α-lipoic solute and an organic solvent miscible with water, and can also be an α-lipoic acid or oligomer or polymer thereof in liquid (typically melt) form.