University of Colorado

Garret Nicodemus

Richard Daniel Noble

Douglas L Gin

Stephanie Bryant

Dana S Hauschulz

Trevor Carlisle

Dragan Mejic

Matthew G Cowan

William McDanel

Idalis Villanueva

The invention includes compositions comprising curable imidazolium-functionalized poly(room-temperature ionic liquid) copolymers and homopolymers. The invention further includes methods of preparing and using the compositions of the invention. The invention further includes novel methods of preparing thin, supported, room-temperature ionic liquid-containing polymeric films on a porous support. In certain embodiments, the methods of the invention avoid the use of a gutter layer, which greatly reduces the overall gas permeance and selectivity of the composite membrane. In other embodiments, the films of the invention have increased gas selectivity and permeance over films prepared using methods described in the prior art.

Composites comprising novel RTIL-based polymers, and methods of making and using same

The present invention provides an apparatus for loading soft materials and methods for using the same. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a gearless mechanical loading apparatus which converts a rotational movement of one end of a first element into an arc of a circle movement of the other end of the first element; and converts the arc of a circle movement of the other end of the first element into a precision two-dimensional lateral movement of a second element.

Apparatus and methods for loading soft materials

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Broomfield, CO, United States of America

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