Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thin film composite forward osmosis membranes with performance enhancing layers
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Application No.: US14623313Application Date: 2015-02-16
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Publication No.: US10005042B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Geraud J. Dubois , Robert D. Miller , Young-Hye Na , Victoria Piunova , Joseph Sly , Daniel Stillman
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation , San Jose State University Research Foundation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk US CA San Jose
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation,San Jose State University Research Foundation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation,San Jose State University Research Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk US CA San Jose
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: B01D71/28
- IPC: B01D71/28 ; B01D69/00 ; C08J5/12 ; B01D69/10 ; B01D67/00 ; B01D69/12 ; B01D71/56 ; B01D71/82 ; B01D61/00 ; B01D71/80

Abstract:
A thin film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membrane includes a porous support with surfaces having thereon a hydrophilic self-assembled monolayer. An active layer on the support is sufficiently dense to remove an ionic species from a liquid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160236153A1 THIN FILM COMPOSITE FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES WITH PERFORMANCE ENHANCING LAYERS Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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