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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Inventors:
Sumith Ranil Wickramasinghe, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Xianghong Qian, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Mathias Ulbricht, Berlin, DE;
Qian Yang, Essen, DE;
Assignees:
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Essen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 71/06 (2006.01); B01J 31/06 (2006.01); B01D 71/70 (2006.01); B01J 31/02 (2006.01); B01J 31/10 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); C13B 20/16 (2011.01); C13K 13/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); B01J 8/00 (2006.01); C13K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 31/06 (2013.01); B01D 67/0093 (2013.01); B01D 71/70 (2013.01); B01J 8/009 (2013.01); B01J 19/2475 (2013.01); B01J 31/0225 (2013.01); B01J 31/0284 (2013.01); B01J 31/0285 (2013.01); B01J 31/0295 (2013.01); B01J 31/069 (2013.01); B01J 31/10 (2013.01); C12M 21/12 (2013.01); C12M 45/06 (2013.01); C13B 20/165 (2013.01); C13K 13/002 (2013.01); C13K 13/007 (2013.01); B01D 2323/38 (2013.01); B01J 2231/005 (2013.01); C13K 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, catalytic membranes are described herein. In some embodiments, a catalytic membrane comprises a surface functionalized with a polymer, the polymer comprising cellulose solubilization functionalities and acid functionalities for the catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose and/or hemicellulose.