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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2006
Benny D. Freeman, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Matteucci, Austin, TX (US);
Haiqing Lin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Benny D. Freeman, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Matteucci, Austin, TX (US);
Haiqing Lin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method, composition and apparatus for forming a nanoparticle filled polymer having similar gas selectivity and greater gas permeability than the native polymer. The nanoparticle filled polymer includes one or more polymeric materials and one or more nanoparticles dispersed within the one or more polymeric materials that increasing the permeability of the nanoparticle filled polymers relative to the permeability of the native polymer membrane.