A variety of inorganic-organic hybrid materials and various methods for preparing and using the same are described. The hybrid materials are graphene or graphitic materials populated with organic molecules and may have a variety of surface defects, pits or three-dimensional architecture, thereby increasing the surface area of the material. The hybrid materials may take the form of three dimensional graphene nanosheets (3D GNS). If the organic molecules are enantiospecific molecules, the hybrid materials can be used for chiral separation of racemic mixtures.

A method for preparing a porous carbon material by using coal tar generated in a coke oven gas (COG) process is provided. The method includes: removing quinoline insoluble (QI) by mixing tetrahydrofuran (THF) with coal tar generated in a COG purification process; distilling coal tar by adding a phenolic resin to the QI-removed coal tar, and heating the same at a temperature of 100° C. to 330° C.; carbonizing the distilled coal tar by heating the same at 350° C. to 600° C.; mixing a carbide after the carbonization step and the coal tar, which has been distilled before the carbonization, and grinding/granulating the same; mixing the ground/granulated carbide and the coal tar, which has been distilled before the carbonization, with a pore forming agent, and heat treating the same at 300° C. to 500° C.; and forming pores by making the heat treated carbon material come into contact with water vapor at 700° C. to 1000° C.

A method for assembling and synthesizing Cu.sub.2O particle-supported porous CuBTC includes the following steps of: 1) dissolving polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in ethanol solution to obtain a PVP-ethanol solution; 2) dissolving copper salt in distilled water, and mixing with trimesic acid, salicylic acid, and the PVP-ethanol solution obtained in step 1) under stirring; and 3) conducting a hydrothermal reaction on the mixed solution obtained in step 2) at 120° C. to obtain Cu.sub.2O particle-supported porous CuBTC. The new method introduces salicylic acid during the synthesis of CuBTC. The salicylic acid, as a ligand precursor, forms a porous CuBTC material through the unsaturated coordination of a ligand under the catalysis of Cu ion. The resulting porous CuBTC supported with ultrafine Cu.sub.2O nanoparticles can adsorb high-energy molecules and exhibit excellent crystallinity, porosity, and stability.

Provided is a method for producing a calcium carbonate sintered body whereby a good sintered body can be obtained without having to use any sintering aid. A method for producing a calcium carbonate sintered body includes the steps of: compacting calcium carbonate to make a green body; heating the green body under a condition of a temperature of 500° C. or lower to remove an organic component contained in the green body; and sintering the green body under conditions of a carbon dioxide atmosphere and a temperature of 450° C. or higher to obtain a calcium carbonate sintered body.

The present invention relates to a super absorbent polymer having not only excellent absorption rate and absorbency under load but also excellent rewetting properties, and a method for preparing the same.

In one aspect, an oxygenated hierarchically porous carbon (an “O-HPC”) is provided, the O-HPC comprising: a hierarchically porous carbon (an “HPC”), the HPC comprising a surface, the surface comprising: (A) first order pores having an average diameter of between about 1 μm and about 10 μm; and (B) walls separating the first order pores, the walls comprising: (1) second order pores having a peak diameter between about 7 nm and about 130 nm; and (2) third order pores having an average diameter of less than about 4 nm, wherein at least a portion of the HPC surface has been subjected to O.sub.2 plasma to oxygenate and induce a negative charge to the surface. In one aspect, the O-HPC further comprises metal nanoparticles dispersed within the first, second, and third order pores. Methods for making and using the metal nanoparticle-impregnated O-HPCs are also provided.

A method of preparing a porous and permeable adsorption material for a vaporizer utilizes a mixing step; a kneading step; a molding step; a drying step; a first holding step; a calcining step; a second holding step; a forming step; a third holding step; and a producing step. The raw materials include particulates of silicon carbide of 50-85 weight percent, a binder of 1-30 weight percent, a pore forming agent of 5-35 weight percent, and a surfactant of 0.15-7.5 weight percent. Once these raw material components are mixed, then adding water of 5 weight percent to 35 weight percent while kneading to form a wetted mixture of raw materials. The remaining steps describe a molding and heating regimen.

A resin includes a functionalized aminopolymer having amine sites for capturing carbon dioxide molecules, where each aminopolymer molecule has at least one functional group amenable to crosslinking, a porogen, and a crosslinking initiator. A product includes an aminopolymer material formed into a self-supporting structure, the aminopolymer material including crosslinked aminopolymers having amine sites for the capture of carbon dioxide molecules.

A film includes 20.0 weight percent to 69.5 weight percent of a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) based polymer. The LLDPE having a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 8.0%, an I.sub.10/I.sub.2 ratio from 5.5 to 6.9, and a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) of less than or equal to 8.0° C. The film also includes 0.0 weight percent to 10.0 weight percent low density polyethylene (LDPE) based polymer, and 30.0 weight percent to 70.0 weight percent pore former.

A process for separations and recovery from mixtures via specific adsorption using high-surface area, flexible silica-based nanostructured gel adsorbents and articles of manufacture relating to same.