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New Method to Produce PBI Films without using Organic Solvents

Reference #: 01429 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for New Method to Produce PBI Films without using Organic Solvents Background: Polybenzimidazole Film is used in membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells, flow batteries, and hydrogen pumps. The PBI film is a separator between a nickel mesh and carbon felt....

Published: 3/5/2024 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Fei Huang, Lihui Wang, Laura Murdock

Keywords(s): Film, Gel membrane, PBI, Polybenzimidazole, PPA Process, solvent-free

Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences

Gas Separation Membranes From Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles

Reference #: 01418 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Gas Separation Membranes from Polymer-grafted Nanoparticles Background: Polymeric membranes are critical to many sustainability applications that separate gas mixtures based on size differences. Polymer blends using polymer grafted nanoparticles with small...

Published: 4/4/2024 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Yucheng Huang, Connor Bilchak, Sanat Kumar

Keywords(s): gas separations, polymer membranes

Category(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry

Surface Grafted HIPE Foams for Chemical Separations

Reference #: 01232The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for using a new magnetic nanoparticle fabrication technology.Background:Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are a class of nanoparticle that possess unique chemical, structural, electrical, and magnetic properties. They consist of three functional parts: a magnetic core,...

Published: 4/16/2024 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Julia Pribyl, Thomas Shehee, Kathryn Taylor-Pashow

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Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Nanotechnology

Method of Operating Hydrogen Pumps with High-Concentration Hydrogen Sulfides

Reference #: 01018 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for a method for purifying hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing gas stream that has hydrogen sulfide impurities.Invention Description: The subject invention is a method to purify hydrogen in the presence of high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide impurities using...

Published: 11/17/2017 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Guoqing Qian

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Category(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry

Poly Alkyl (Meth)Acrylates Grafted Nanoparticles and Their Methods of Manufacture and Use

Reference #: 01068 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for a method of functionalizing nanoparticles with polyolefin-like polymers and dispersing them in polyolefins.Invention Description:The subject invention is a method of grafting polyolefin-like poly(meth)acrylates on inorganic nanoparticles in a controlled manner....

Published: 10/6/2017 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Mohammad Mohammadkhani, Junting Li

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Category(s): Nanotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Polyisoprene Grafted Nanoparticles

Reference #: 01058 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for a method synthesizing polyisoprene grafted nanoparticles to prepare rubber on silica surfaces.Invention Description:The subject invention is a new method for polymerizing isoperene on silica nanoparticle surfaces that allows more dispersion of silica fillers...

Published: 2/6/2018 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Lei Wang, Mohammad Mohammadkhani

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Category(s): Nanotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Novel Phosphonate/Phosphonic Acid RAFT Agents and Monomer Design

Reference #: 01017The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for this novel use of binding nanomaterials and polymers.Invention Description:Polymer coated nanomaterials are useful in many applications, including in LEDs and bioimaging systems. However, the commercial use of nanomaterials is limited by the poor optical and...

Published: 11/17/2017 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Anand Viswanath

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Category(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry, Advanced Materials

Silicone Based Nanocomposites Including Inorganic Nanoparticles and Their Methods of Manufacture and Use

Reference #: 00992 Background: Compared with pure silicone polymer, silicone-based nanocomposites can realize enhanced mechanical, thermal, electric, dielectric and optical properties by adding functional inorganic nanofillers. However, the incompatibility between inorganic nanofillers and an organic matrix normally leads to large agglomerates of the...

Published: 12/8/2017 | Inventor(s): Brian Benicewicz, Anand Viswanath, Linda Schadler, Richard Siegel, Ying Li, Peng Tao

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Category(s): Nanotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry