Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zwitterion-functionalized multicomponent copolymers and associated polymer blends and membranes
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Application No.: US15975900Application Date: 2018-05-15
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Publication No.: US10851241B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: David Moore , Matthew Jeremiah Misner , Hongyi Zhou , Patrick McCloskey , Matthew Rainka
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: SE Uppsala
- Assignee: Cytiva Sweden AB
- Current Assignee: Cytiva Sweden AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Uppsala
- Agency: Culhane Meadows, PLLC
- Agent Jeff B. Vockrodt
- Main IPC: C08L81/06
- IPC: C08L81/06 ; B01D71/68 ; C08G75/20 ; B01D71/80 ; C08L71/00 ; C08G81/00 ; B01D69/08 ; C08G65/40 ; B01D71/82 ; C08L101/00 ; B01D67/00 ; B01D61/24

Abstract:
Multicomponent copolymers including two or more types of repeat units is presented. In one example, the multicomponent copolymer includes at least one repeat unit AC having a structure (I), at least one repeat unit DC having a structure (II), and at least one repeat unit BC having a structure (III) or (V). The multicomponent copolymer may be cross-linked via a cross-linking agent. A polymer blend including the multicomponent copolymer or a cross-linked copolymer and a second polymer is also provided. The multicomponent copolymer may be a random or a block copolymer. The structural units of the multicomponent copolymers provide improved, tunable properties, such as improved biocompatibility and hydrophilicity, protein fouling, and mechanical properties, to the copolymers and/or the membranes fabricated from the copolymers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180258285A1 ZWITTERION-FUNCTIONALIZED MULTICOMPONENT COPOLYMERS AND ASSOCIATED POLYMER BLENDS AND MEMBRANES Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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