US 7,479,329 B2
Polymerization of aromatic monomers using derivatives of hematin
Sukant Tripathy, Acton, Mass. (US); Susan Tripathy, legal representative; Lynne A. Samuelson, Marlborough, Mass. (US); Ferdinando F. Bruno, Andover, Mass. (US); Sucharita Roy, Tewksbury, Mass. (US); Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Dracut, Mass. (US); Jayant Kumar, Westford, Mass. (US); Bon-Cheol Ku, Cambridge, Mass. (US); and Soo-Hyoung Lee, Lowell, Mass. (US)
Assigned to University of Massachusetts/Lowell, Lowell, Mass. (US); and The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C. (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/904,119.
Application 11/904119 is a division of application No. 11/337964, filed on Jan. 23, 2006, granted, now 7,294,686.
Application 10/826623 is a division of application No. 09/994998, filed on Nov. 27, 2001, abandoned.
Application 11/337964 is a continuation of application No. 10/826623, filed on Apr. 16, 2004, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/253109, filed on Nov. 27, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2008/0090103 A1, Apr. 17, 2008
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 15/00 (2006.01); C08G 73/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 428—681  [428/682; 428/668; 428/689; 428/704; 528/424; 528/486; 528/491; 526/217; 536/23.1; 540/145; 502/325; 502/338] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembled hematin comprising a hematin catalyst deposited on an electrically charged substrate in one or more layers alternating with one or more layers of a polyelectrolyte, wherein the hematin catalyst has been derivatized with one or more non-proteinaceous amphipathic groups.