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Novel Adsorbent for Wastewater Treatment and Metal Recovery
Invention Description Heavy metals are non-biodegradable and can contaminate in ecosystems and the food chain, making them one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Certain industrial practices have resulted in an increase in the amount of heavy metals discharged into wastewater which can then leach into or contaminate other water...
Published: 10/29/2025   |   Inventor(s): Elham Fini, Farideh Pahlavan
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Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Environmental, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Physical Science
Rapid 3D Printing of Aerogels with Bioinspired Surface Structures for Solar Steam Generation
Invention Description Freshwater scarcity is a critical global challenge. Desalination and water purification, particularly through solar steam generation, offer promising solutions by converting seawater and polluted water into freshwater using solar energy. Aerogels doped with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) enhance this process by improving water transport...
Published: 9/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xiangfan Chen, Luyang Liu, Chao Ma
Keywords(s): Additive Manufacturing, Advanced manufacturing, Bio Inspired Design, Materials, water processing, Water Purification
Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Applied Technologies, Environmental, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Physical Science
Photocatalytic Luminous Monoliths
Background As the range of materials that are compatible with additive manufacturing dimensional (3D) printing has expanded, the technology has gained increasing relevance in the applicability and adoption in fields such as catalysis and adsorption. Traditional monolithic contactors have the advantages of good mass transfer and lower pressure drops....
Published: 5/21/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jean Andino, Adnan Abdullahi, Mikiye Lamansky
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Category(s): Physical Science, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Energy & Power, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology
Device to Attract and Trap Motile Aquatic Pathogens
The Caribbean region is considered a coral disease hotspot, with over 20 documented diseases and syndromes affecting over 20 species of corals. One motile marine pathogen family, Vibrionaceae, which is responsible for 50% of coral diseases, is strongly thermodependent, thus warming sea-surface temperatures, driven by pollution and global climate change,...
Published: 4/5/2025   |   Inventor(s): Liza Roger
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Category(s): Environmental, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Life Science (All LS Techs), Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical
Functional Upcycling of Polyurethane Thermosets into Value-Added Thermoplastics by Small Molecule-Assisted Carbamate Exchange during Reactive Extrusion
Background Polyurethane (PU) is a widely used plastic material that has excellent physical and mechanical properties. However, PU is difficult to recycle due to its complex chemical structure, making the effective disposal of PU waste a pressing issue. Current methods for PU disposal include incineration, which can release harmful toxins into the environment,...
Published: 2/27/2025   |   Inventor(s): Kailong Jin, Timothy Long, Jared Nettles
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Category(s): Physical Science, Applied Technologies, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical
Enhanced PFAS Elimination by Integrated Nanobubbles-Electrochemical System
Background Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a wide group of organic compounds that have been extensively used in several applications due to their unique properties, including thermal stability, chemical stability, surfactant applications, and hydrophobicity. However, PFAS have been found to have detrimental effects on environment and...
Published: 5/2/2025   |   Inventor(s): Sergi Garcia-Segura, Gabriel Cerron Calle, Andrea Arias Sánchez
Keywords(s): Wastewater Treatment, Water quality, Water Treatment and Remediation
Category(s): Physical Science, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Applied Technologies
Photoelectrocatalytic-Enabled Flexible Polymeric Optoelectrodes
Background Photoelectrocatalytic processes (PECs) combine photocatalysis and electrochemical principles to enhance charge carrier generation and stability within nanomaterials (NMs). Nano-enabled PECs can be used for water purification or hydrogen production applications. Current PEC designs face challenges due to low energy efficiencies, because most...
Published: 5/2/2025   |   Inventor(s): Paul Westerhoff, Sergi Garcia-Segura, Tzu-Heng Wang
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Category(s): Physical Science, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Energy & Power, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment
Zwitterion Functionalized Copolymers for Reverse Osmosis Brine Desalination using Pervaporation
Background Access to clean water resources has accelerated research in the direction of membrane-based separation processes, like reverse osmosis (RO), that are often perplexed by acute saline feeds and pervasive membrane fouling. The properties of the polymeric membranes deployed in these operations play a critical role in understanding their degradation...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Husain Mithaiwala, Matthew Green
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Category(s): Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Physical Science, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology
Coaxial Layered Fiber Spinning for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling
Background Plastic waste presents an acute environmental challenge to nearly all freshwater and marine ecosystems. The long degradation time of plastic requires effective methods of disposal to avoid adding additional plastic waste to aquatic environments. The end-of-life waste from wind turbine blades (WTBs) is also a pressing issue, as WTB waste...
Published: 5/2/2025   |   Inventor(s): Varunkumar Thippanna, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Dharneedar Ravichandran, Kenan Song
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Category(s): Physical Science, Environmental, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment
Reprocessable Sorbents for Direct Air Capture of CO2
Background Negative emission technologies, including direct air capture (DAC), are a critical solution needed to reduce carbon emissions and lead to a net-zero scenario. DAC solutions are a viable solution that present many advantages, but generate increased demand for low-cost CO2 sorbents, due to greater amounts of material needed to effectively...
Published: 2/13/2025   |   Inventor(s): Matthew Green, Brent Sumerlin, Megan Robertson, Kacie Niimoto
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Category(s): Physical Science, Environmental Remediation/Wastewater Treatment, Energy & Power, Applied Technologies, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology
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