ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,045, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Hefei, China).
"Ionic polymers containing spiro structure and preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Haibing Wei (Hefei, China), Tao Jiang (Hefei, China), Tao Wang (Hefei, China), Yu Zhao (Hefei, China), Xueliang Li (Hefei, China), Shanzhong Yang (Hefei, China) and Yunsheng Ding (Hefei, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention introduces ionic polymers featuring with a spiro structure, which enhances the solubility and gas permeability of the ionic polymer while maintaining excellent conductivity, mechanical properties, and di...