METHOD FOR DESIGNING SILK-LIKE MATERIAL - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Title:

METHOD FOR DESIGNING SILK-LIKE MATERIAL

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP3404524

Kind Code:

B2

Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method useful for designing a silk-like fiber.
SOLUTION: This method comprises a step wherein copolymers each having a β-turn type II structure repeated over the whole molecule are selected from among alternating copolymers of glycine, i.e., a first amino acid, and a second amino acid; a step wherein water-soluble copolymers are selected from among partial chemical modification products of the copolymers each having a β-turn type II structure repeated over the whole molecule; and a step wherein copolymers which, when stretched in the presence of water, cause intramolecular hydrogen bonds contained in the β-turn type II structures to be converted into intermolecular hydrogen bonds to form a silk-like material are selected from among the partially chemically modified water-soluble copolymers.

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Inventors:

Tetsuro Asakura

Application Number:

JP2000057255A

Publication Date:

May 12, 2003

Filing Date:

March 02, 2000

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Assignee:

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

International Classes:

C07K1/107; C07K14/00; C08G69/10; C08G69/48; C08L101/16; D01F4/00; D01F4/02; (IPC1-7): C08G69/48; C07K1/107; D01F4/00

Domestic Patent References:

JP5239205A

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Takehiko Suzue (5 outside)

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