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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Shigeo Ted Oyama, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Yunfeng Gu, Painted Post, NY (US);
Joe D. Allison, Ponca City, OK (US);
Garry C. Gunter, Ponca City, OK (US);
Scott A. Scholten, Ponca City, NY (US);
Shigeo Ted Oyama, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Yunfeng Gu, Painted Post, NY (US);
Joe D. Allison, Ponca City, OK (US);
Garry C. Gunter, Ponca City, OK (US);
Scott A. Scholten, Ponca City, NY (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
The invention discloses a composition comprising a hybrid composite organic-inorganic membrane. The hybrid organic-inorganic membrane according to the present invention may comprise an amorphous porous layer incorporating organic functionalities. The amorphous porous layer may be deposited on a porous alumina substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The amorphous porous layer may comprise a single top-layer (STL), multiple top-layers (MTL) or mixed top-layers (XTL). The substrate may comprise a single layer or multiple graded layers of alumina.