Yu Wang

US Patent:

20120152845, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

May 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/118047

Inventors:

M. Douglas LeVan - Brentwood TN, US
Amanda M.B. Furtado - Clarksville TN, US
Jian Liu - Richland WA, US
Yu Wang - Nashville TN, US

Assignee:

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Nashville TN

International Classification:

B01J 20/22
A62D 101/02
C02F 1/42
A62D 3/00
B01D 15/04
B01D 53/04
B01J 20/32
A62D 101/00

US Classification:

210660, 502401, 502 62, 588401, 588400, 588300, 95 90

Abstract:

An adsorbent material comprising a metal organic phase and a porous silica phase is provided. The adsorbent material can be a synthesized from at least one porous silica material, one or more metal ions, and at least one organic linker comprising one or more multidentate functional groups capable of forming coordinate bonds with the metal ions. The porous silica can be an ordered mesoporous silica material. Methods of making the adsorbent material and methods of removing molecules from a fluid using the adsorbent material are also provided.

US Patent:

20140186250, Jul 3, 2014

Filed:

Jul 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/553272

Inventors:

M. Douglas LEVAN - Brentwood TN, US
Amanda M.B. FURTADO - Clarksville TN, US
Yu WANG - Lebanon NJ, US
Gregory W. PETERSON - Belcamp MD, US

Assignee:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Washington DC
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Nashville TN

International Classification:

B01D 53/50
B01D 53/58

US Classification:

423237, 423210, 4232422, 556 9

Abstract:

An adsorbent material comprising a porous inorganic oxide material grafted with a molecule comprising a carbonyl functional group is provided. The porous inorganic oxide material can be a porous silica material or Zr(OH). The adsorbent material can be a synthesized by grafting an organosilane molecule containing the carbonyl functional group onto the porous inorganic oxide material. The porous inorganic oxide material can be grafted with a second molecule comprising an amine functional group. Methods of making the adsorbent material and methods of removing molecules from a fluid using the adsorbent material are also provided.