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Patent No.:

US 9078942 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

May. 14, 2008

Titanium dioxide, single-walled carbon nanotube composites

Applicants:

Yuan Yao, Evanston, IL (US);

Gonghu LI, New Haven, CT (US);

Kimberly Gray, Evanston, IL (US);

Richard M Lueptow, Evanston, IL (US);

Inventors:

Yuan Yao, Evanston, IL (US);

Gonghu Li, New Haven, CT (US);

Kimberly Gray, Evanston, IL (US);

Richard M Lueptow, Evanston, IL (US);

Assignee:

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);

Attorney:

Casimir Jones S.C.

Primary Examiner:

Melvin C Mayes

Assistant Examiner:

Stefanie Cohen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/20 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 65/08 (2006.01); B01D 69/14 (2006.01); B01D 71/02 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); C02F 1/32 (2006.01); C02F 1/72 (2006.01); C04B 35/46 (2006.01); C04B 35/80 (2006.01); C04B 41/00 (2006.01); C04B 41/50 (2006.01); C04B 41/52 (2006.01); C04B 41/87 (2006.01); C04B 41/89 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); C04B 111/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/205 (2013.01); B01D 65/08 (2013.01); B01D 67/0004 (2013.01); B01D 67/0041 (2013.01); B01D 67/0072 (2013.01); B01D 69/141 (2013.01); B01D 71/02 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C02F 1/32 (2013.01); C02F 1/725 (2013.01); C04B 35/46 (2013.01); C04B 35/803 (2013.01); C04B 41/009 (2013.01); C04B 41/5041 (2013.01); C04B 41/52 (2013.01); C04B 41/87 (2013.01); C04B 41/89 (2013.01); B01D 2321/168 (2013.01); B01D 2325/12 (2013.01); C02F 1/283 (2013.01); C02F 1/444 (2013.01); C02F 2305/10 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00801 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00827 (2013.01); C04B 2235/526 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5264 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5288 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5409 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5445 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5454 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides titanium dioxide/single-walled carbon nanotube composites (TiO/SWCNTs), articles of manufacture, and methods of making and using such composites. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides membrane filters and ceramic articles that are coated with TiO/SWCNT composite material. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods of using TiO/SWCNT composite material to purify a sample, such as a water or air sample.

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