US 12,012,478 B2
Carbon nanotube-functionalized reverse thermal gel and methods of forming and using same
Daewon Park, Englewood, CO (US); Brisa Pena Castellanos, Aurora, CO (US); Susanna Bosi, Trieste (IT); Luisa Mestroni, Boulder, CO (US); and Maurizio Prato, Trieste (IT)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US); and Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste (IT)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,219.
Application 18/124,219 is a division of application No. 16/649,560, granted, now 11,608,407, previously published as PCT/US2018/051814, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/561,098, filed on Sep. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220148 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. C08G 18/74 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C01B 32/174 (2017.01); C08G 18/38 (2006.01); C08G 83/00 (2006.01); C08J 5/00 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01)
CPC C08G 18/74 (2013.01) [C01B 32/174 (2017.08); C08G 83/001 (2013.01); C08J 5/005 (2013.01); C08K 3/041 (2017.05); C12N 5/0657 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 2202/06 (2013.01); C01B 2202/28 (2013.01); C01P 2006/22 (2013.01); C08G 18/3829 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01); C12N 2533/30 (2013.01); C12N 2533/70 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
 
1. A carbon nanotube-functionalized reverse thermal gel composition comprising:
a polymer comprising one or more carbon nanotubes attached to a polymer backbone,
wherein the composition is liquid at a temperature of about 25° C. or less and the reverse thermal gel composition transitions to a gel at a temperature of about 29° C. or more.