US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Sept. 29 for "Aqueous peptide programming of the vinylidene fluoride ferroelectric phase" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,302, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Aqueous peptide programming of the vinylidene fluoride ferroelectric phase" was invented by Samuel I. Stupp (Evanston, Ill.) and Yang Yang (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are peptide amphiphiles comprising a Beta-sheet forming peptide sequence conjugated to two or more vinylidene fluoride (VDF) monomers, and nanoscale ferroelectric structures comprising the same."

The patent was filed on Jan. 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/413,417.

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