US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA on Sept. 9 for "Persistent micelle corona chemistry" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,432, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Columbia, S.C.).

"Persistent micelle corona chemistry" was invented by Morgan Stefik (Columbia, S.C.) and Taylor Larison (Cayce, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming persistent micelles is described. Particularly, methods disclosed herein include dissolving a block copolymer in a first solvent to form a dispersion containing unimers or dynamic micelles. Further, a method includes contacting the dispersion with a second solvent forming the persistent micelles. The persistent micelles formed by the method of the present disclosure can be used for ...