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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Aaron P. Esser-Kahn, Champaign, IL (US);
Hefei Dong, Urbana, IL (US);
Piyush R. Thakre, Urbana, IL (US);
Jason F. Patrick, Urbana, IL (US);
Nancy R. Sottos, Champaign, IL (US);
Jeffrey S. Moore, Savoy, IL (US);
Scott R. White, Champaign, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
A thermally degradable polymeric fiber comprising a polymeric fiber matrix including a poly(hydroxyalkanoate) and a metal in the form of a compound selected from the group consisting of an alkaline earth metal oxide, a tin salt of a mono- or di-carboxylic acid, and scandium triflate (Sc(0Tf)), where the concentration of the metal in the fiber matrix is at least 0.1 wt %.