A composition can include a Rho zeolite with a RHO topology having a Si to B ratio or a Si to A1 ratio greater than or equal to 8. Making such a composition can include heating an aqueous reaction mixture having a molar ratio of atomic Si to atomic B of about 4 to about 50 or a molar ratio of atomic Si to atomic Al of about 4 to about 50 in the presence of a C.sub.4-C.sub.6 diquat of N,2-dimethylbenzimidazole structure directing agent to a temperature of at least 75° C. to produce a Rho zeolite.

A silica that is superior in terms of fluidity, oil absorption ability, and compression moldability to conventional silica used as a pharmaceutical additive, and is suitable as an additive for formulations such as pharmaceuticals. A porous silica particle composition having the following properties: (1) a BET specific surface area from 250 to 1,000 m.sup.2/g; (2) an average particle diameter from 1 to 150 μm; (3) a pore volume from 0.1 to 8.0 cm.sup.3/g; and (4) an oil absorption capacity from 2.2 to 5.0 mL/g.

The present description provides structures, atomic layer deposition methods for preparing the structures, and an apparatus preparing the structures. The described structures provide unexpected advantages as compared to currently available materials.

A hydrocarbon removal system according an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first area including a first hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst having a first pore size; and a second area including a second hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst having a second pore size, wherein the first pore size may be smaller than the second pore size, the first hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst may include CHA zeolite, and the second hydrocarbon adsorption catalyst may include ZSM-5 zeolite.

A porous polymer aerogel, wherein the aerogel has greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone. A method of fabrication of a porous polymer aerogel amine material, includes preparing a solution comprising at least a solvent, amine monomers having protected amino groups, one or more crosslinkers, one or more radical initiators, and a nitroxide mediator, removing oxygen from the solution, heating the solution to promote polymerization and to produce a polymerized material, performing solvent exchange with the polymerized material, causing a deprotection reaction in the polymerized material to remove groups protecting the amino groups, soaking and rinsing the material to remove excess reagents and any byproducts of the deprotection reaction, and drying the material to produce the amine sorbent. A system to separate CO2 from other gases, comprising a polymer porous aerogel sorbent having greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone.

Known processes for preparing a porous carbonaceous material require lengthy polymerization and washing steps involving solvents or neutralizing agents. The use of high quantities of pore formers leads to a lower carbon yield and higher costs, and use of sulphuric acid leads to sulphur contamination of the final material, but also to corrosion and corrosive by-products and a more complicated handling of the process. In order allows the manufacturing of a porous carbonaceous material with a high pore volume and avoiding the disadvantages of the known methods, a process is provide that comprise the steps of a) providing at least one carbon source and at least one amphiphilic species, b) combining at least the carbon source and the amphiphilic species to obtain a precursor material, c) heating the precursor material to a temperature in the range between 300° C. and 600° C. for at least 15 min so as to obtain a porous carbonaceous material, which is then cooled so as to form the porous carbonaceous material having a modal pore size and a pore volume and a skeleton density.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are sorbents for capturing heavy hydrocarbons via thermal swing adsorption processes.

The present invention aims to provide a material for adsorbing soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors with high efficiency. The present invention provides an adsorbing material for soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors, which includes a superficially porous water-insoluble polymeric material, wherein the pore size distribution curve for the surface of the water-insoluble polymeric material, which is derived from a distribution of melting points determined by differential scanning calorimeter, shows the peak radius in the range of 1 to 80 nm, and the water-insoluble polymeric material has a zeta potential at pH 7.4 of −15 to 15 mV, and the water-insoluble polymeric material is in fiber, particle, or film form.

A filtering and adsorbent sampling and enrichment system comprising a stationary phase consisting of a felt of activated carbon fibres with a micro-meso porous conformation and specific surface area of about 1500 m2/g and sampling and/or enrichment standards, confined within a closed casing, is described, as well as the method for obtaining it and the relative process for the analysis of organic and inorganic analytes that uses said system.

The present invention relates to a method for purification of liquid compositions containing at least one sphingolipid and the use of a specific clay mineral for the purification of such liquid compositions.