A filter apparatus for removing small molecule chemotherapy agents from blood is provided. The filter apparatus comprises a housing with an extraction media comprised of polymer coated carbon cores. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with cancer of an organ or region comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the organ or region, collecting blood laded with chemotherapeutic agent from the isolated organ, filtering the blood laden with chemotherapeutic agent to reduce the chemotherapeutic agent in the blood and returning the blood to the subject.

A filter apparatus for removing small molecule chemotherapy agents from blood is provided. The filter apparatus comprises a housing with an extraction media comprised of polymer coated carbon cores. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with cancer of an organ or region comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the organ or region, collecting blood laded with chemotherapeutic agent from the isolated organ, filtering the blood laden with chemotherapeutic agent to reduce the chemotherapeutic agent in the blood and returning the blood to the subject.

A copper-carbon composite forming mixture includes multiple carbon particles each plated with copper. The carbon particles prior to plating have an average size ranging between approximately 0.5 microns to 500 microns. Multiple copper particles are combined with the multiple carbon particles plated with copper to form a mixture. The mixture is either pre-heated prior to extrusion or extruded at ambient temperature to form a copper-carbon composite having a conductivity greater than a conductivity of copper at temperatures approximately 500 degrees Kelvin.

A copper-carbon composite forming mixture includes multiple carbon particles each plated with copper. The carbon particles prior to plating have an average size ranging between approximately 0.5 microns to 500 microns. Multiple copper particles are combined with the multiple carbon particles plated with copper to form a mixture. The mixture is either pre-heated prior to extrusion or extruded at ambient temperature to form a copper-carbon composite having a conductivity greater than a conductivity of copper at temperatures approximately 500 degrees Kelvin.

A porous carbon material, wherein a half width (2?) of a diffraction peak (10?) (38? to 49?) by X-ray diffraction is 4.2? or less, and wherein a ratio (mesopore volume/micropore volume) of a mesopore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a BJH method to a micropore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a HK method is 1.20 or more.

A porous carbon material, wherein a half width (2?) of a diffraction peak (10?) (38? to 49?) by X-ray diffraction is 4.2? or less, and wherein a ratio (mesopore volume/micropore volume) of a mesopore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a BJH method to a micropore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a HK method is 1.20 or more.

An improved nanocomposite cathode material for lithium-ion batteries comprising iron oxyfluoride (FeOF) nanoparticles with a conductive matrix of graphene sheets and a method of making the same. The FeOF/graphene composite may improve the specific capacity, rate capability and cycle life of the cathode. The graphene sheets may provide substrates for the FeOF nanoparticles to prevent delocalization of metallic Fe from the FeOF/graphene composite, allowing conversion back to rutile structures. The graphene sheets may be functionalized, and the FeOF nanoparticles may be coated.

An improved nanocomposite cathode material for lithium-ion batteries comprising iron oxyfluoride (FeOF) nanoparticles with a conductive matrix of graphene sheets and a method of making the same. The FeOF/graphene composite may improve the specific capacity, rate capability and cycle life of the cathode. The graphene sheets may provide substrates for the FeOF nanoparticles to prevent delocalization of metallic Fe from the FeOF/graphene composite, allowing conversion back to rutile structures. The graphene sheets may be functionalized, and the FeOF nanoparticles may be coated.

A filter apparatus for removing small molecule chemotherapy agents from blood is provided. The filter apparatus comprises a housing with an extraction media comprised of polymer coated carbon cores. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with cancer of an organ or region comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the organ or region, collecting blood laded with chemotherapeutic agent from the isolated organ, filtering the blood laden with chemotherapeutic agent to reduce the chemotherapeutic agent in the blood and returning the blood to the subject.

A filter apparatus for removing small molecule chemotherapy agents from blood is provided. The filter apparatus comprises a housing with an extraction media comprised of polymer coated carbon cores. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with cancer of an organ or region comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the organ or region, collecting blood laded with chemotherapeutic agent from the isolated organ, filtering the blood laden with chemotherapeutic agent to reduce the chemotherapeutic agent in the blood and returning the blood to the subject.