The present invention is directed to a method, device and system to capture carbon dioxide in air using solid amine sorbents and using a radio frequency and/or microwave generator to desorb the carbon dioxide by directly exciting the amine-carbon bond thereby significantly reducing the energy cost of releasing the carbon dioxide.

Fiber compositions are provided that incorporate metal organic framework (MOF) materials into the polymeric matrix of the fiber. The metal organic framework materials can be incorporated by including MOF particles into a “dope” or synthesis solution used to form the fiber. The dope solution can then be used to form fibers that include 5.0 wt % or more of MOF in the resulting polymeric structural material of the fiber, relative to a weight of the fibers. In some aspects, the metal organic framework material can correspond to a MOF with selectivity for adsorption of CO.sub.2.

Mesoporous poly (aryl ether ketone) articles are formed from blends of poly (aryl ether ketones) with pore forming additives by melt processing, and can be in the form of a monofilament, disc, film, microcapillary or other complex shapes. The method of formation provides for preparation of poly (aryl ether ketone) articles with high degree of surface area and uniform nanometer pore size. The preferred poly (aryl ether ketone)s are poly (ether ketone) and poly (ether ether ketone). The mesoporous articles formed by the method of the present invention are useful for a broad range of applications, including molecular separations and organic solvent filtration.

The subject invention provides materials, devices and methods for detecting, determining, monitoring and/or extracting trace metals such as cadmium, lead, copper, chromium, cobalt, nickel, zinc, manganese, mercury, and vanadium in the environmental, biological, pharmaceutical, and potable water samples. The subject invention also provides formulations and method for synthesizing the trace metal-extracting materials.

A novel adsorbent and contactor material based on polymer functionalized with amidoxime and alkylamines moieties. Methods of making the material are also described. The material can be easily processed into any desired sorbent geometry such as solid fibers, electrospun fibers, hollow fibers, monoliths, etc. The adsorbent exhibits a very high affinity toward acidic gases such CO.sub.2 and can be used in direct air capture, power plant-based CO.sub.2 capture, and industrial CO.sub.2 capture applications. The material can also serve as a contactor that accommodates other adsorbents within its structure.

In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to chromatographic materials that comprise (a) a bulk material and (b) a zwitterionic polymer covalently linked to a surface of the bulk material, in which the zwitterionic polymer comprises one or more monomer residues that comprise an amide or urea moiety, a positively charged moiety, and a negatively charged moiety. Other aspects of the present disclosure pertain to chromatographic separation devices that comprise such chromatographic materials, to chromatographic methods that employ such chromatographic separation devices, and to kits that contain (i) such chromatographic materials and (ii) one or more chromatographic devices for containing such materials.

A composite insulating material is provided. In one or more configurations the composite insulating material includes one or more active or responsive elements that mitigate corrosion under insulation (CUI). In a further aspect of the present invention, one or more active components of a composite insulation material are provided that dynamically generate an insoluble barrier within an insulating material through a bio-mineralization process.

A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe.sub.3O.sub.4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.

A transparent desiccant for organic EL and methods for using the transparent desiccant are described, which is a cured product of an organopolysiloxane composition that contains (A) an alkenyl-group-containing organopolysiloxane including a linear organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) chemical formula (I):
H.sub.aR.sub.bSiO.sub.(4-a-b)/2  (I)
(where R is a C1-10 monovalent hydrocarbon group, a is 0.001-1.0, and b is 0.7-2.1), and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst. The number of mol Y of silicon-atom-bonded hydrogen atoms (mol) in component (B) satisfies the formula 0.002 (mol)≤(Y-X)≤0.8 (mol) relative to the number of mol X of silicon-atom-bonded alkenyl groups (mol) in component (A). The transparent desiccant for an organic EL is highly transparent, capable of top emission, has low shrinkage growth, suppresses loss of an element light-emitting portion, suppresses the short-circuit phenomenon, and has exceptional defoaming properties in the material curing process.

A medium for fast, selective oil-water separation and/or oil absorption includes steel wool modified with a polymer a polymer or a polymer mixture. The polymer or the polymer mixture is adapted such that the medium is a superwetting material that is superhydrophobic and superoleophilic under water. The polymer or the polymer mixture includes polydimethylsiloxane, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylpyrrolidone, or a combination thereof. The solution immersion method used to synthesize the medium requires only a single, simple step and affordable materials and, as a result, is easy to scale up.