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New Column Technology for the Efficient Capture of Heavy Metals and Precious Metal Ions
New Column Technology for the Efficient Capture of Heavy Metals and Precious Metal Ions NU 2013-145 INVENTORS Mercouri Kanatzidis* Debajit Sarma Emmanouil Manos SHORT DESCRIPTION A novel ion‐exchange column technology utilizing a composite blend of a metal chalcogenide and calcium alginate mixed with a granular substrate to efficiently capture...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Cleantech, Ecosystems and Resilience, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Materials, Metals, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Styrene Functionalized Cyclodextrin Monomers and Polymer for Water Remediation
Styrene Functionalized Cyclodextrin Monomers and Polymer for Water Remediation NU 2021-229 INVENTORS Damian Helbling* William Dichtel* Brittany Bac-An Trang Max Klemes Mohamed Ibrahim Ri Wang Zhi-wei Lin SHORT DESCRIPTION This invention discloses styrene functionalized beta-cyclodextrin monomers and their mesoporous polymeric networks,...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Chemicals, Cleantech, Ecosystems and Resilience, Environment, Health & Safety, Materials, Polymer, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
A robust self-regenerating graphene-based adsorbent for pharmaceutical removal from water
INVENTORS Kimberly Gray* Han Fu SHORT DESCRIPTION A new class of self-regenerating adsorbents (referred to as S-MGC's) created by functionalizing graphene oxide with titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide to effectively adsorb and photodegrade pharmaceutical contaminants in water. BACKGROUND The global rise in pharmaceutical use has led to...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Cleantech, Ecosystems and Resilience, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Random Copolymer Polyelectrolyte Complexes for Water Filtration
NU 2020-043 INVENTORS Jeremy Wang* John M. Torkelson Monica Olvera de la Cruz SHORT DESCRIPTION A system of random copolymer polyelectrolytes for trapping and aggregating water contaminants BACKGROUND The presence of contaminants in water can negatively impact human health and is a growing problem for municipal water sources as well as an increasing...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Chemicals, Cleantech, Ecosystems and Resilience, Environment, Health & Safety, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Mixed-Phase Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst
NU 2008-134 InventorsLe Chen Michael Graham Kimberly Gray* AbstractNorthwestern scientists have designed, synthesized and tested a mixed-phase nanostructured titanium dioxide (TiO2) composite photocatalyst that exhibits enhanced photoactivity compared to conventional anatase films and commercially available Degussa P25, one of the industry's gold standard...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Cleantech, Ecosystems and Resilience, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Using Natural Antioxidant-Rich Agro-Wastes to Improve Plastic Processing and Recycling
NU 2015-107 Inventors John Torkelson* Krishnan IyerShort DescriptionA method using natural antioxidant-rich agro-wastes as a low cost green processing and long-term thermal stabilizers for polymers with performance comparable or superior to commercial antioxidants. BackgroundCommodity plastics such as polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are used...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Cleantech, Ecosystems and Resilience, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability
Photocatalytic Composite for Organic Chemical Oxidation
NU 2007-068 and NU 2008-073 InventorsKimberly Gray*Gonghu LiRichard LueptowYuan Yao AbstractNorthwestern researchers have developed a novel photocatalytic structure that exhibits increased reactivity compared to other existing photocatalysts. Recent studies have shown that combining titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles with multi-walled carbon nanotubes...
Published: 6/19/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): Carbon nanotube, Cleantech, Composite, Ecosystems and Resilience, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Remediation
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Energy & Sustainability