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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
John Fortner, St. Louis, MO (US);
Pratim Biswas, St. Louis, MO (US);
Yi Jiang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Weining Wang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 71/02 (2006.01); B01D 69/12 (2006.01); B01D 69/14 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 69/141 (2013.01); B01D 69/125 (2013.01); B01D 71/021 (2013.01); C02F 1/44 (2013.01); C02F 2305/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Composite nanostructures having a crumpled graphene oxide shell and a nanoparticle selected from titanium dioxide, silver and magnetite within the shell are disclosed. The nanostructures may be incorporated into a filtration membrane suitable for purifying water for targeted separations and for human consumption.