North Carolina State University

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gregory N Parsons

James Joseph Chambers

Saad A Khan

Jos Simon De Wit

Jeremy Kenneth Steach

Thomas J Meyer

Gerald Lucovsky

S M Bedarul Islam

Leila Alibabaei

Sarah Morgan

Matthew Kyle Brennaman

M Jason Kelly

Orlando J Rojas

Michael Norris

Anurodh Tripathi

Jacob Donald Goodrich

Morgan Leyonna Willis

Provided are MOF-fabric composites having a crystalline MOF adhered directly to fibers of the fabric and methods of making MOF-fabric composites. A solution is adsorbed onto a fabric. The solution can include a metal salt, a linker, and a solvent. The solution is adsorbed onto the fabric and the fabric suspended over a heated vapor. The vapor releases onto the fabric, causing the metal salt, the linker, and the solvent to diffuse out of the polymer fibers. The linker links metal from the metal salts to form crystals attached to the fabric, and the vapor aids crystallization.

MOF-fabric composites and methods of MOF-fabric composite synthesis

Mechanically strong, biodegradable and reusable aerogels are disclosed, which can be made with a cross-linked cellulose ester, and which exhibit a low density and high porosity. The aerogels disclosed herein may be used as sorbent materials and can be modified with a hydrophobic and/or oleophilic agent.

Cellulose acetate aerogels

A Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cell (DSPEC) splits water with visible light using a derivatized, core/shell nanostructured photoanode with the core having a high surface area conductive metal oxide film&#x2014;such as nanoITO (indium tin oxide) or nanoATO (antimony tin oxide)&#x2014;coated with a thin outer shell of, for example, TiOformed by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). A 'chromophore-catalyst assembly' 1, [(POH)bpy)Ru(4-Mebpy-4-bimpy)Ru(tpy)(OH)], which combines both light absorber and water oxidation catalyst in a single molecule, is attached to the TiOshell. Visible photolysis of the resulting core/shell/assembly structure with a Pt cathode results in water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen.

Solar water splitting in a molecular photoelectrochemical cell

A solar cell includes a substrate having a horizontal surface, and an electrode layer on the substrate. The electrode has a plurality of vertical surfaces substantially perpendicular to the horizontal surface, and light-harvesting rods are coupled to the vertical surface of the electrode.

Nano-structured photovoltaic solar cell and related methods

The invention relates to non-crystalline oxides of formulas (I) and (II), and methods of forming the same, along with field effect transistors, articles of manufacture, and microelectronic devices comprising the non-crystalline oxides.

Non-crystalline oxides for use in microelectronic, optical, and other applications

A method of forming an insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate includes modifying a surface of a semiconductor substrate with a metal or a metal-containing compound and oxygen to form an insulation layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the insulation layer comprises the metal or metal-containing compound, oxygen, and silicon such that the dielectric constant of the insulation layer is greater relative to an insulation layer formed of silicon dioxide, and wherein the insulation layer comprises metal-oxygen-silicon bonds.

High dielectric constant metal silicates formed by controlled metal-surface reactions

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Gregory N Parsons