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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Michael Tsapatsis, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sudeep Maheshwari, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frank S. Bates, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
William J. Koros, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Tsapatsis, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sudeep Maheshwari, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frank S. Bates, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
William J. Koros, Atlanta, GA (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (US);
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A novel oxide material (MIN-I) comprising YO; and XO, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein X/Y=O or Y/X=30 to 100 is provided. Surprisingly, MIN-I can be reversibly deswollen. MIN-I can further be combined with a polymer to produce a nanocomposite, depolymerized to produce predominantly fully exfoliated layers (MIN-2), and pillared to produce a pillared oxide material (MIN-3), analogous to MCM-36. The materials are useful in a wide range of applications, such as catalysts, thin films, membranes, and coatings.