	US 12,241,013 B2
	Mechanotropic elastomers
Timothy White, Longmont, CO (US); and Brian Richard Donovan, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE, Denver, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/615,021
Filed by The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US)
PCT Filed May 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034822 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243235, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,195, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235269 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. C09K 19/54 (2006.01); C09K 19/04 (2006.01)

CPC C09K 19/542 (2013.01) [C09K 19/04 (2013.01); C09K 2019/0448 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. An isotropic polymer comprising:

a first monomer having an alkene functionality; and

a second monomer comprising an isotropic monomer selected from the group consisting of tris(3-mercaptopropionate) (TMPMP), ethylene glycol bis (3-mercaptopropionate) (GDMP), or a combination thereof;

wherein the first monomer comprises a liquid crystal monomer; and

wherein the second monomer suppresses the formation of a liquid crystalline phase in the isotropic polymer prior to the application of a mechanical force on the isotropic polymer.