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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Alex Lobovsky, Westfield, NJ (US);
Wesley P. Hoffman, Palmdale, CA (US);
Phillip G. Wapner, Palmdale, CA (US);
Alex Lobovsky, Westfield, NJ (US);
Wesley P. Hoffman, Palmdale, CA (US);
Phillip G. Wapner, Palmdale, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
New fluid separation devices and absorption materials are disclosed. Hollow fibers with an axial capillary slit act as very high efficiency absorption materials, as well as high-surface-area fluid separation devices. The hollow fibers with an axial capillary slit are constructed to preferentially absorb or repel different fluids and arranged to maximize that action over a plurality of fibers to separate different fluids. These separation devices can also function as injection devices and very effective micro-reactors.