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Thermally reversible gels in liquid media

US5459192A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 9, 1994
Grant dateOct 17, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 9, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08K5/01
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Thermally reversible gels comprising liquid solvents wherein the solvent is converted into a thermally reversible gel upon the addition of a rigid polymer, preferably, a liquid crystal forming polymer. Structural modifications of the rigid polymer, and in particular modifications of the side-chain, adapt the rigid polymer to form thermally reversible gels in any given solvent media.

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