US 12,234,578 B2
Tannin composite fibers
Jess Dreher Reed, Verona, WI (US); Christian Gerald Krueger, Cambridge, WI (US); Emilia Alfaro-Viquez, Madison, WI (US); Sergio Madrigal-Carballo, Madison, WI (US); Hilary Urena Saborio, Madison, WI (US); and Sundaram Gunasekaran, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/898,633.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/967,412, filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0230777 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. D01F 8/18 (2006.01); C08G 73/02 (2006.01); C08K 11/00 (2006.01); D01F 8/14 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC D01F 8/18 (2013.01) [C08G 73/0266 (2013.01); C08K 11/00 (2013.01); D01F 8/14 (2013.01); D04H 13/00 (2013.01); C12Q 1/18 (2013.01); D10B 2505/04 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nanofiber comprising a synthetic polymer and a tannin configured in the form of a composite nanofiber, wherein the tannin forms nodes on, or on and in, the nanofiber, wherein the nodes comprise spots of clustered tannin on a surface of the nanofiber.