- Patent Title: ABA type block co-polymers for temperature sensing and flow meters
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Application No.: US16404543Application Date: 2019-05-06
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Publication No.: US11668613B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Luca Bonanomi , Vincenzo Costanza , Chiara Daraio , Zhun Zhou
- Applicant: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agency: Steinfl + Bruno, LLP
- Main IPC: G01K17/20
- IPC: G01K17/20 ; B32B27/28 ; B32B27/30 ; B32B7/027 ; C08L33/08 ; C08L83/04 ; G01N27/30 ; C08L53/00 ; C08F265/02 ; C08F265/06 ; C08F265/04 ; C08F2/42

Abstract:
ABA type block copolymers as a new class of temperature sensing polymers with tunable, high temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). A sensor includes a heater, a thermal insulator between two thermometer layers, the heater generating a thermal gradient within the thermal insulator. The thermometers give an indirect measurement of fluid flow around the sensor, based on their temperature readings. The thermometers are flexible layers including ABA block polymers.
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