Ross A Marklein

US Patent:

20110269208, Nov 3, 2011

Filed:

Aug 13, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/059125

Inventors:

Jason A. Burdick - Philadelphia PA, US
Sudhir K. Khetan - Philadelphia PA, US
Ross A. Marklein - Philadelphia PA, US

Assignee:

The Trustees of the university of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

C12N 11/04

US Classification:

435178

Abstract:

The convention concerns methods for preparing a cross-linked polymer network comprising: forming a plurality of cross-links in a polymer network by (i) addition polymerization or (ii) ionic polymerization or (iii) partial radical polymerization of the polymer network to produce an intermediate polymer network, and forming further cross-links in the polymer network by radical polymerization of the intermediate polymer network to produce the cross-linked polymer network.