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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Anping Zhang, Rexford, NY (US);
Azar Alizadeh, Wilton, NY (US);
Joleyn Eileen Balch, Schaghticoke, NY (US);
Rui Chen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Anthony John Murray, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Vicki Herzl Watkins, Alplaus, NY (US);
Oliver Charles Boomhower, Waterford, NY (US);
Reed Roeder Corderman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Paul Gipp, Schenectady, NY (US);
Anping Zhang, Rexford, NY (US);
Azar Alizadeh, Wilton, NY (US);
Joleyn Eileen Balch, Schaghticoke, NY (US);
Rui Chen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Anthony John Murray, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Vicki Herzl Watkins, Alplaus, NY (US);
Oliver Charles Boomhower, Waterford, NY (US);
Reed Roeder Corderman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Paul Gipp, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of making a membrane assembly is provided. The method comprises forming an inorganic membrane layer disposed on a substrate, and forming a plurality of macropores in the substrate at least in part using anodization. Further, a membrane assembly is provided. The membrane assembly comprises a filtering membrane that is coupled to an anodized substrate comprising a plurality of macropores.