General Electric Company

Bl Technologies, Inc.

Su Lu

Wei Cai

Hai Yang

John Yupeng Gui

Zhigang Deng

Zhixin Zheng

John Richard Nelson

Wei Zhang

Liping Zheng

Bahram Moasser

Zhida Pan

Liangliang Qiang

Hua Li

Chen Xiao Wang

Wenqing Peng

Zhen Yu Liu

Jie Huang

Anup Sood

Hui Liu

Todd Alan Anderson

Bing Zhang

Rihua Xiong

Gregory Andrew Grossmann

Yangang Liang

Lawrence Charles Costa

Anubhav Kumar

Jianyun Liu

Xianguo Yu

Yanrong Zhu

Larry Neil Lewis

Robert James Perry

Fang Liu

Russell James MacDonald

Hua Wang

Chang Wei

Yu Du

Stephen Robert Vasconcellos

Joseph Anthony Suriano

Steven Thomas Rice

Hui Lei

John Harold Barber

Li Zhu

Liming Yu

Shengxia Liu

David Olson

Lei Cao

Xin Gao

Guixi Zhang

Yun Peng

Steven John Harrold

Mingna Xiong

Linglu Yang

Peng Wang

Lin Chen

The disclosure of the present invention relates to a method for preparing membrane and associated membrane and filter element. The method comprises providing a porous substrate having a plurality of pores; and applying a pre-filler solution to at least partially occupy the pores in the porous substrate. The membrane comprises a porous substrate and a filter layer formed on the porous substrate. The filter element comprises a core tube; and a membrane as prepared and rolled around the core tube.

Method for preparing membrane and associated membrane and filter element

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for fabricating a separator assembly. The method comprises: providing a central core element comprising at least one concentrate exhaust conduit and at least one permeate exhaust conduit; disposing a first portion of a membrane stack assembly comprising a permeate carrier layer, a membrane layer, and a feed carrier layer within the central core element such that the concentrate exhaust conduit and permeate exhaust conduit are separated by the first portion of the membrane stack assembly; radially winding a second portion of the membrane stack assembly around the central core element; and sealing the wound assembly comprising two opposing end surfaces made of the membrane stack assembly by applying an adhesive on both end surfaces of the wound assembly; and applying a negative pressure inside the central core element so that the adhesive penetrates into the membrane stack assembly.

Method and apparatus for fabricating separator assembly

A supercapacitor has a first electrode, a second electrode, a first ionic carrier configured to contact the first electrode to provide a first ion-conductive pathway for transportation of ions to and from the first electrode, and a first retaining layer configured to retain the first ionic carrier between the first electrode and the first retaining layer. The supercapacitor also has an electrolyte dispersed between the first and the second electrodes to provide the ions, a first current collector configured to contact the first electrode and a second current collector configured to contact the second electrode. A method for making the supercapacitor is also presented.

Supercapacitor and method for making the same

A method is provided, comprising: copolymerizing a monomer comprising at least two amide groups, a monomer of formula (a) and a sulfonic acid or salt monomer, wherein Ris CHor H. A polymer made by the method, a membrane and an electrode comprising the polymer are provided.

Method for making polymer, and associated polymer, membrane and electrode

A bi-polar electrode having ion exchange polymers on opposite faces of a porous substrate is formed using a method that includes providing an electrode substrate with activated carbon layers on opposite faces of the electrode substrate, wherein said faces have an outer perimeter band void of the activated carbon layers. Gaskets are placed against the outer perimeter band of the electrode substrate void of activated carbon and the electrode substrate is clamped between two rigid plates to form a first airtight chamber on one side of the electrode substrate and a second airtight chamber on the opposite side of the electrode substrate. A first polymerizable monomer mixture having an anion exchange group is added into the first chamber and a second polymerizable monomer mixture having a cation exchange group is added into the second chamber. The first and second polymerizable monomer mixtures are then polymerized in an oven.

Vacuum chamber method to form polymer coatings on porous support

A composition includes a first probe and a first initiator bonded to the first probe. The first probe is capable of binding to an analyte and the first initiator is capable of initiating a controlled polymerization reaction. An associated kit, device, and method are provided.

Composition, device and associated method

A composition includes a first probe, a first initiator component bonded to the first probe, a second probe, and a second initiator component bonded to the second probe. The first probe and the second probe are capable of binding to a single analyte, and the first initiator component and the second initiator component are capable of forming an initiator when present in proximity to each other and when the first probe and the second probe are bonded to the analyte. An associated kit, device, and method are provided.

The invention is a device comprising a substrate and a material provided on at least a portion of the substrate and having an exposed surface. The exposed surface of the material is non bio-adhesive. The invention further includes a non bio-adhesive material composition and a method of making a device having the same non bio-adhesive surface. The invention further provides a device having a coating of a hydrophobic material. In particular, the hydrophobic material coated portion of the device is resistant to bio-adhesion.

Non bio-adhesive polymer coating composition, articles and devices thereof

The composition includes a first probe and a first initiator bonded to the first probe. The composition further includes a second probe and a second initiator bonded to the second probe. The first probe and the second probe are capable of binding to a single analyte. An associated kit, device, and method are provided.

A composition includes a first probe capable of binding to a first analyte and a first initiator bonded to the first probe. The composition further includes a second probe capable of binding to a second analyte and a second initiator bonded to the second probe. At least one of the first initiator or the second initiator is capable of initiating a controlled polymerization reaction. An associated kit, device, and method are provided.

The invention relates to a polymer comprising structural units of formula and formula wherein Methods for preparing and using the polymer are also described herein.

Polymer and methods for preparing and using the same

The present invention provides a composite membrane comprising a porous base membrane and a polyamide coating disposed on said porous base membrane, said polyamide coating comprising a C-Ccyclic carbonyl compound and a C-Camide compound, said amide compound comprising at least one N&#x2014;H moiety. In addition the present invention provides a method of preparing a composite membrane comprising contacting under interfacial polymerization conditions an organic solution comprising a polyacid halide with an aqueous solution comprising a polyamine, said contacting being carried out on a surface of a porous base membrane, said organic solution further comprising a C-Ccyclic carbonyl compound, said aqueous solution comprising a C-Camide compound, said amide compound comprising at least one N&#x2014;H moiety.

Method of making composite membrane

An electrochemical device comprises an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell comprises a composite cation-exchange member including a conductive base and a cation-exchange material in physical contact with the conductive base, a composite anion-exchange member including a conductive base and an anion-exchange material in physical contact with the conductive base; and a compartment between the composite cation-exchange and anion-exchange members. The compartment comprises an inlet for introducing a feed stream, and an outlet for exiting of an output stream out of the compartment. The electrochemical device comprises a control device configured to transmit an electrical current to the composite cation-exchange and anion-exchange members at a regeneration stage in a manner that the conductive base on the composite cation-exchange member loses electrons and the conductive base on the composite anion-exchange member gains electrons.

Ion-exchange device and regeneration method of ion-exchange material thereof

A method includes binding a probe to an analyte present in a sample, wherein the probe comprises a binder bonded to a metal particle that is capable of releasing metal ions when contacted with a reagent solution. The method includes contacting the metal particle with the reagent solution to release the metal ions, and observing an optical signal from the released metal ions to determine a presence or amount of the analyte in the sample. An associated kit is also provided.

Methods using metal oxide particles for analyte detection

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