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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
William John Koros, Atlanta, GA (US);
Wulin Qiu, Snellville, GA (US);
Kuang Zhang, Atlanta, GA (US);
William John Koros, Atlanta, GA (US);
Wulin Qiu, Snellville, GA (US);
Kuang Zhang, Atlanta, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to functionalized polymeric sorbents and processes of employing them to remove low level contaminants from fluid streams. Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate) functionalized with a compound having the structure NH—ROH wherein Ris a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene may be particularly useful to remove low levels of phenol compounds from, for example, an aqueous fluid stream comprising one or more sugars such as results from a hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials.