Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

General Atomics, Inc.

Apache Corporation

University of Illinois

William C Floyd, Iii

Eric B Duoss

Christopher M Spadaccini

Roger D Aines

William L Bourcier

Michael Stadermann

John J Vericella

Kenneth M Cowan

Sarah Elyse Baker

Patrick G Campbell

Cheng Zhu

Matthew Merrill

Philip Edward Miller

Salmaan H Baxamusa

Tayyab Ishaq Suratwala

Art J Nelson

Chantel M Aracne-Ruddle

Kelly Patricia Youngblood

Maverick Chea

Shuali Li

Conner T Sharpe

Anatolios A Tambazidis

Joe H Satcher, Jr

Jennifer Ann Lewis

Carlos A Valdez

Joshuah K Stolaroff

Jeffery J Haslam

Jeffery James Roberts

Kevin C O'Brien

Julie A Jackson

Julie A Mancini

Amitesh Maiti

James O Hardin, Iv

A method of making large ultrathin free-standing polymer films without use of a sacrificial layer includes the steps of providing a substrate, applying a polyelectrolyte material to said substrate, applying a polymer material onto said substrate and onto said polyelectrolyte material, and directly delaminating said polymer material from said substrate and said polyelectrolyte to produce the ultrathin free-standing polymer film.

Preparation of large ultrathin free-standing polymer films

A separator made of ion conductive ink is produced by additive manufacturing. A micro-battery is produced with the separator made of ion conductive ink located between the battery's anode and cathode. The separator functions to keep the anode and cathode apart and to facilitate the transport of ions to produce an operative micro-battery.

Ion conductive inks and solutions for additive manufacturing of lithium microbatteries

Systems and methods for releasing a material into an environment. The material may be encapsulated in a receptacle or otherwise packaged for movement into the environment. The receptacle with the material inside is introduced into the environment. A triggering causes release of the material from the receptacle into the environment.

Techniques for release of material into an environment

Preparation of large ultra-thin free-standing polymer films

Encapsulated solids are made by first encapsulating precursor materials in a polymer shell. The precursors are some combination of solids, liquids, gases, and/or gels. The precursors are then transformed into solids by emplacement of the capsule in an environment where gas or fluid transport into or out of the polymer shell causes transformation into solids.

Systems for production of polymer encapsuated solids

A system for cementing a wellbore penetrating an earth formation into which a pipe extends. A cement material is positioned in the space between the wellbore and the pipe by circulated capsules containing the cement material through the pipe into the space between the wellbore and the pipe. The capsules contain the cementing material encapsulated in a shell. The capsules are added to a fluid and the fluid with capsules is circulated through the pipe into the space between the wellbore and the pipe. The shell is breached once the capsules contain the cementing material are in position in the space between the wellbore and the pipe.

Cementing a wellbore using cementing material encapsulated in a shell

A device according to one embodiment includes a porous membrane having a surface charge and pore configuration characterized by a double layer overlap effect being present in pores of the membrane, where the porous membrane includes functional groups that preferentially interact with either cations or anions. A device according to another embodiment includes a porous membrane having a surface charge in pores thereof sufficient to impart anion or cation selectivity in the pores. Additional devices, systems and methods are also presented.

Nanoengineered field induced charge separation membranes manufacture thereof

According to one embodiment, a catalyst includes a metal ion, and an acyclic ligand having at least one aza-containing moiety, where the ligand is complexed to the metal ion.

Acyclic aza-containing ligands for use as catalytic carbon capture systems

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William C Floyd, Iii