Conductive polymers containing nanohoop building blocks

Case ID:
UO-20-001
Web Published:
4/29/2022
Description:

HEADLINE: Groundbreaking fluorescent marker technology using nanohoops

 

Carbon nanohoops are short slices of carbon nanotubes with size-dependent properties. In the present invention,  carbon nanohoops are incorporated into polymer. This is a completely new class of polymers with tunable optoelectronic properties and host-guest capabilities, dependent on the properties of the selected nanohoop.  These are the first polymeric materials made from carbon nanohoops. This allows one to retain the unique optoelectronic and host-guest properties of carbon nanohoops while changing the physical properties of the materials (e.g. ability to make a film). One can envision applications such as gas adsorption/separation, fluorescent hydrogels for biomedical application, hydrophobic coatings, or ultra bright polymeric dyes for bioimaging.  These exceptionally bright nanohoop-based fluorescent materials are stable at a remarkably wide range of pH levels and are less likely to lose their intensity due to self-quenching. 

Keywords:  Engineering Polymers Nanoscience SCIENCES  CHEMISTRY Fluorescence Materials

Patent Application has been filed

 

 

Patent Information:
For Information, Contact:
Christine Gramer
Senior Technology Development Associate
University of Oregon
cgramer@uoregon.edu
Inventors:
Ramesh Jasti
Ruth Maust
Curtis Colwell
Keywords:
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