(19)
(11) EP 0 497 874 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
12.08.1992 Bulletin 1992/33

(21) Application number: 90916592.0

(22) Date of filing: 23.10.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C08J 3/ 24( . )
C08J 3/ 09( . )
C08L 5/ 00( . )
C08L 33/ 24( . )
C08J 3/ 03( . )
C08J 3/ 28( . )
C08L 5/ 12( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1990/006142
(87) International publication number:
WO 1991/005816 (02.05.1991 Gazette 1991/10)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.10.1989 US 19890425788

(71) Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MAMADA, Akira
    Wakayama-shi Wakayama (JP)
  • TANAKA, Toyoichi
    Wellesley, MA 02181 (US)
  • KUNGWATCHAKUN, Dawan
    Bangkok 10400 (TH)
  • IRIE, Masahiro
    Kasuga Fukuoka (JP)

(74) Representative: Holdcroft, James Gerald, Dr., et al 
Graham Watt & Co. 3 Gray's Inn Square
London WC1R 5AH
London WC1R 5AH (GB)

   


(54) PHOTO-INDUCED REVERSIBLE DISCONTINUOUS VOLUME CHANGES IN GELS