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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Steven J. Sibener, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin D. Gibson, Blue Island, IL (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods for enriching, separating, or enriching and separating isotopes and isotopologues, as well as other chemical species, contained in a supersonic beam are provided. In the methods, a supersonic beam having different isotopes, isotopologues, or other chemical species entrained therein and a beam comprising a matrix material converge on a surface. As the matrix material forms a solid matrix on the surface, heavier isotopes, isotopologues, and/or other chemical species become preferentially embedded in the matrix, while lighter isotopes, isotopologues, and/or other chemical species are preferentially scattered from the surface.