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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Xing Chen, Plainfield, IL (US);
Patricia Ignacio-de Leon, Naperville, IL (US);
Emily Jane Rabe, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Meltem Urgun-demirtas, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard W. Brotzman, Naperville, IL (US);
Xing Chen, Plainfield, IL (US);
Patricia Ignacio-De Leon, Naperville, IL (US);
Emily Jane Rabe, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard W. Brotzman, Naperville, IL (US);
UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a membrane comprising tubes extending through a polymer, wherein substantially all of the tubes are parallel with each other. Also provided is a method for producing a membrane, the method comprising: placing tubes on a substrate, subjecting the tubes to a magnetic field for a time and at a magnetic field strength to cause the tubes to align parallel with each other while simultaneously causing depending ends of the tubes to embed within the substrate; applying polymer to the tubes and substrate in an amount to affix the tubes relative to each other and relative to the substrate, and applying an etchant that cleaves a specific type of the bonds within the polymer to unblock the upstream ends of the nanotubes.
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