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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Applicants:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
San Jose State University Research Foundation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geraud J. Dubois, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert D. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Young-Hye Na, San Jose, CA (US);
Victoria Piunova, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Sly, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Stillman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
San Jose State University Research Foundation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 69/10 (2006.01); B01D 71/82 (2006.01); B01D 71/56 (2006.01); B01D 69/12 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 71/80 (2006.01); C08J 9/42 (2006.01); B01D 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 69/10 (2013.01); B01D 67/0088 (2013.01); B01D 69/12 (2013.01); B01D 69/125 (2013.01); B01D 71/56 (2013.01); B01D 71/82 (2013.01); B01D 61/002 (2013.01); B01D 71/80 (2013.01); B01D 2323/00 (2013.01); B01D 2323/30 (2013.01); B01D 2325/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thin film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membrane includes a porous support with surfaces having thereon a hydrophilic self-assembled monolayer. An active layer on the support is sufficiently dense to remove an ionic species from a liquid.