Patents by Inventor Lifen ZHANG

Lifen ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11958919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a “living” radical polymerization method for a vinyl monomer by near-infrared photothermal conversion. The method comprises irradiating a reactor with near-infrared light of 750-850 nm, wherein the reactor has a first chamber and a second chamber that are isolated from each other, the first chamber contains an organic solution of a near-infrared light responsive croconaine dye, and the second chamber is provided with a closed reaction flask containing a reaction solution, the reaction solution comprises a vinyl monomer, two or more of an ATRP initiator, an ATRP ligand, an ATRP catalyst, an RAFT reagent, a thermal initiator, and an additive, and an organic solvent; and the near-infrared light responsive dye converts the near-infrared light into heat energy, by which the reactor is heated to 50-100° C. to polymerize the monomer in the reaction solution, to obtain polymers with controlled molecular weights and molecular weight distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lifen Zhang, Qun Gao, Zhenping Cheng, Kai Tu, Haihui Li, Lan Yao, Xiulin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11926697
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1). The present invention also discloses a fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises a copolymer of a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1) with a near-infrared dye of Formula (2). The fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer of the present invention shrinks due to the photothermal conversion effect of the material under the irradiation of near-infrared light, and thus is widely applicable to the field of actuators. The fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of the present invention introduces fluorine-containing segments into the cross-linked network of the liquid crystal polymer, to improve the mechanical performance of the material, and greatly extend the service time of light-controlled actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhenping Cheng, Kai Tu, Enjie He, Jiannan Cheng, Lifen Zhang, Xiulin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230312795
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluorine-containing graft copolymer, and a preparation method and use thereof. The method includes the following steps: under a protective atmosphere, reacting a compound of Formula (I) and a compound of Formula (II) in a first organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst and a ligand at 20-30° C., to obtain the fluorine-containing graft copolymers of Formula (III) after complete reaction. The compounds of Formulas (I) and (II), and the fluorine-containing graft copolymer of Formula (III) have a structural formula shown below: and the compound of Formula (II) comprises a polyethylene glycol segment and a terminal alkynyl group, wherein a=4-8; b=6-8; n=1-20; and m=3-22. In the present invention, a graft copolymer of a main-chain-type “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer is obtained for the first time by post-polymerization modification using a reactive functional group contained in the main-chain-type “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Lifen ZHANG, Jiannan CHENG, Zhenping CHENG, Jinying WANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220325008
    Abstract: The invention provides a living radical polymerization method using a zinc phthalocyanine dye as a near-infrared photocatalyst, including subjecting a free radical polymerizable monomer to a near-infrared light-controlled polymerization reaction, in the presence of a chain transfer agent, a cocatalyst and a zinc phthalocyanine dye containing a carbon-carbon double bond, in a solvent at 0-30° C. under the air atmosphere, to obtain a living radical polymerization product. The free radical polymerizable monomer is an acrylate monomer, a methacrylate monomer, an acrylamide monomer or a methacrylamide monomer; the chain transfer agent includes a thiocarbonate; and the cocatalyst includes an organic amine with or without a carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Chun TIAN, Lifen ZHANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220119589
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1). The present invention also discloses a fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises a copolymer of a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1) with a near-infrared dye of Formula (2). The fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer of the present invention shrinks due to the photothermal conversion effect of the material under the irradiation of near-infrared light, and thus is widely applicable to the field of actuators. The fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of the present invention introduces fluorine-containing segments into the cross-linked network of the liquid crystal polymer, to improve the mechanical performance of the material, and greatly extend the service time of light-controlled actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Kai TU, Enjie HE, Jiannan CHENG, Lifen ZHANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220112316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a “living” radical polymerization method for a vinyl monomer by near-infrared photothermal conversion. The method comprises irradiating a reactor with near-infrared light of 750-850 nm, wherein the reactor has a first chamber and a second chamber that are isolated from each other, the first chamber contains an organic solution of a near-infrared light responsive croconaine dye, and the second chamber is provided with a closed reaction flask containing a reaction solution, the reaction solution comprises a vinyl monomer, two or more of an ATRP initiator, an ATRP ligand, an ATRP catalyst, an RAFT reagent, a thermal initiator, and an additive, and an organic solvent; and the near-infrared light responsive dye converts the near-infrared light into heat energy, by which the reactor is heated to 50-100° C. to polymerize the monomer in the reaction solution, to obtain polymers with controlled molecular weights and molecular weight distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Lifen ZHANG, Qun GAO, Zhenping CHENG, Kai TU, Haihui LI, Lan YAO, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220033557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photopolymerization method for preparing a block polymer with a main-chain “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer, which comprises the following steps: under a protective atmosphere, subjecting a methacrylate monomer and a “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer (AB)n macroinitiator to light-controlled living radical polymerization in an organic solvent at 20-30° C. in the presence of a photocatalyst, where the polymerization reaction is continued for at least half an hour under irradiation of light at 390-590 nm, to obtain a block copolymer of a main-chain polyolefin, polyester, or polyether “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer. The polymerization method is carried out under irradiation of visible light, the polymerization process has the characteristics of “living” radical polymerization, and the molecular weight distribution of the prepared polymer is narrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Jiannan CHENG, Lifen ZHANG, Kai TU, Jinying WANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Patent number: 11219655
    Abstract: The invention relates to medicines, and more particularly to an abortion medication and an administration thereof, where the abortion medication contains 40-60 mg/mL of a kidney bean lectin. The invention also provides another abortion medication, which contains 40-60 mg/mL of a kidney bean lectin, 40-50 mg/mL of an oligosaccharide and 6-9 mg/mL of NaCl. The two abortion medications provided herein are both capable of effectively terminating the pregnancy and are safe without toxic side effects. Moreover, these drugs can be reused several times. These abortion medications are administered intrauterinely, which enables the kidney bean lectin therein to show the best abortive effect, and the local administration of these drugs in the uterine cavity has relatively simple operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: YUNNAN KANG-ZHOU BIOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangmin Wang, Hong Zhao, Guizhen Lu, Chun Wu, Lifen Zhang, Chenghuan Yang, Jingjing Wang
  • Publication number: 20200121751
    Abstract: The invention relates to medicines, and more particularly to an abortion medication and an administration thereof, where the abortion medication contains 40-60 mg/mL of a kidney bean lectin. The invention also provides another abortion medication, which contains 40-60 mg/mL of a kidney bean lectin, 40-50 mg/mL of an oligosaccharide and 6-9 mg/mL of NaCl. The two abortion medications provided herein are both capable of effectively terminating the pregnancy and are safe without toxic side effects. Moreover, these drugs can be reused several times. These abortion medications are administered intrauterinely, which enables the kidney bean lectin therein to show the best abortive effect, and the local administration of these drugs in the uterine cavity has relatively simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kangmin WANG, Hong ZHAO, Guizhen LU, Chun WU, Lifen ZHANG, Chenghuan YANG, Jingjing WANG