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Title: Synthetic biological membrane with self organizing properties

Patent ·
OSTI ID:875125

A mixture is provided which manifests a gel phase at a temperature higher than that in which the mixture manifests a liquid phase. The mixture is a combination of a lipid, a polymer-grafted phospholipid and a surfactant. It is biomimetic in nature and changes phases when subjected to one or a plurality of environmental stimuli.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
US 6537575
OSTI ID:
875125
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Magnetic Field-Induced Ordering of a Polymer-Grafted Biomembrane−Mimetic Hydrogel journal March 2000
Structure and Optical Properties of a Thermoresponsive Polymer-Grafted, Lipid-Based Complex Fluid journal August 1998