The Johns Hopkins University

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company, Inc.

Synaptic Research, LLC

Marc D Donohue

Kenneth L Hoy

Chinsoo Stephen Lee

Kenneth A Nielsen

George A Oyler

Michael J Betenbaugh

Charles W Glancy

David C Busby

Julian N Rosenberg

Luis Garcia

Carlos Mendez

Gregory Aranovich

Kevin Stephen McFarland

Grant Kitchen

Bill Ling

In some aspects, a device may receive measurement data associated with a measurement subject. The device may determine an adsorption isotherm for the measurement subject based on the measurement data. The device may determine a thermodynamic adsorption capacity of the measurement subject based on the adsorption isotherm. The device may determine a surface area value associated with the measurement subject based on the thermodynamic adsorption capacity. The device may provide an output based on the adsorption capacity or the surface area value associated with the measurement subject.

Surface area determination for porous and particulate materials

An electrification system is used to prevent the transmission of pathogens by dermal contact. The electrification system includes a skin-bracing object, a power supply, and at least one resistor. The skin-bracing object includes an object body and a conductive feature. The skin-bracing object is an object that regularly comes into physical contact with a user's skin. The object body is the structure of the skin-bracing object and can be, but is not limited to, a pillowcase, a bed sheet, a bed pad, a blanket, a piece of medical gauze, a face mask, a set of medical scrubs, or a food preparation surface. The power supply, the resistor, and the conductive feature are electrically connected in series to each other. Thus, the conductive feature carrier an electrical current to electrify pathogens that come into physical contact with the conductive feature.

Electrification system for preventing transmission of pathogens by dermal contact

The present invention provides methods for the isolation of oils from intact or lysed microorganisms in aqueous media with pressurized carbon dioxide as a solute. Such oils may be used for the production of biofuels. Also provided for are methods for harvesting and rupturing whole cell microorganisms in aqueous media with pressurized carbon dioxide as a solute.

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Methods are presented by which polymeric compositions, such as coating compositions, can be sprayed with compressed fluids, such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or ethane, at higher solids levels and with finer atomization to give improved spray application quality with reduced emission of solvent.

Method for spraying polymeric compositions with reduced solvent emission

A liquid coatings application process and apparatus is provided in which supercritical fluids, such as supercritical carbon dioxide fluid, are used to reduce to application consistency viscous coatings compositions to allow for their application as liquid sprays.

Supercritical fluids as diluents in liquid spray application of coatings

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Ellicott City, MD, United States of America

Marc D Donohue