UCLA Inventors Create Platform Technology to Create Customizable Nanoscale Particles and Gels for Use in the Industrial Biomaterials Market
Stable at high temperature (up to 80 °C in water) and vesicles can be engineered to various sizes (50 to 1000nm) Inexpensive starting materials and process chemistry used to synthesize peptidic polymers Highly reproducible at manufacturing levels Hydrogel version is thermoresponsive – an injectable liquid at room temp, solid at body temp Able to encapsulate macromolecules and other particles Potential low toxicity and biodegradability due to synthetic polypeptide building blocks Able to load vesicles and hydrogels with hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic payloads Easily forms as a coating
Advanced materials play a critical role within a variety of industries across the globe. From construction, utilities, transportation and logistics, food and beverage, cosmetics, telecommunications, electronics, oil and gas, petrochemicals, and packaging, industries are heavily investing in advanced materials to address their needs. For this reason, nanoscale technologies have received significant research and development over the past few years. These nanoscale systems offer the promise of stability, synthetic, reproducible, and low cost.
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Other Information References: UCLA Cases 1998-072, 2001-307, 2007-014, 2008-767, 2012-598, 2013-315, 2015-124, 2015-452, 2015-612 Deming Group: http://deming.seas.ucla.edu/ For further information on this innovation, contact: Additional Technologies by these Inventors Tech ID/UC Case 25500/2008-767-0 Related Cases 2008-767-0
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