Disclosed herein are compositions that include a porous network of crosslinked protein having advantageous mechanical properties. An example composition includes a network of crosslinked protein, the network of crosslinked protein including a plurality of pores, each pore having a diameter of greater than 1 m, wherein the network of crosslinked protein has a Young's modulus of greater than 1 kPa. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compositions and methods of using the compositions, such as separating an analyte from a sample.

The present invention provides a porous silica aerogel composite membrane and method for making the same and a carbon dioxide sorption device. The porous silicon oxide aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane having a plurality of macro pores with an average diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane and the macro pores of surface layers of the porous aluminum oxide membrane where the porous silica aerogel membrane has a plurality of meso pores with an average diameter of 250 nm and is derived from methyltrimethoxysilane precursor by a sol-gel synthetic method.

Sorbent compositions for direct lithium extraction (DLE). The sorbent compositions include a lithiated aluminum component and an inorganic binder, and are in the form of shaped particles. The lithiated aluminum component makes up about 50% w/w to about 90% w/w of the sorbent compositions, whereas the binder makes up about 10% w/w to about 50% w/w of the sorbent compositions. Processes for producing the sorbent compositions are also provided, as are methods of using the sorbent compositions for DLE.

An assemblage of substantially round particles with a mean diameter between 0.1 and 4 mm, more preferable between 0.3 to 2 mm and most preferable between 0.8 to 1.2 mm, wherein the density of the assemblage determined by ISO 697 is between 250 kg/m3 and 400 kg/m3 is disclosed. The substantially round particles comprise at least one microporous material and optionally at least one binder, wherein the assemblage comprises a pore volume, wherein the pore volume comprises pores resulting from void space between different ones of the substantially round particles and pores within the substantially round particles.

Systems and methods for extracting components from a gas. A chamber to collect water and another chamber to collect carbon dioxide from a gas are each configured with topologically optimized sorbents. A DAC method for extracting components from a gas includes water and carbon dioxide chambers configured with topologically optimized sorbents to respectively capture water and carbon dioxide.

Provided is a novel porous cellulose medium that can efficiently separate a large target molecule in a calibration standard. A porous cellulose medium including a porous cellulose particle having a particle size from 1 to 600 m, wherein, in sieving the porous cellulose medium for classification and using a fraction corresponding to aperture openings between 53 m and 106 m as a support for size exclusion chromatography, a polyethylene oxide standard is run through size exclusion chromatography with pure water as a mobile phase, and a weight average molecular weight Mw and a gel partition coefficient K.sub.av of the polyethylene oxide standard satisfy Relationships (A) and (B) above:
in a case where 4.80log Mw5.50,K.sub.av>0.445log Mw+2.55(A)
in a case where 5.75log Mw,0K.sup.av<0.19(B).

A chromatography medium is provided, comprising a matrix of cellulose-based nanofibers, the nanofibers optionally being crosslinked to one another. A ligand coupled to the matrix without any intermediate extender group. Also provided is a method of preparing a functionalised chromatography medium. The method comprises: (i) providing a substrate comprising cellulose acetate; (ii) forming a fibrous matrix/membrane spun of nanofibers from the substrate; (iii) saponification of the nanofibers to form regenerated cellulose nanofibers; (iv) derivatisation of the regenerated cellulose nanofibers with a cross-linker, and (v) coupling of a ligand to the derivatised cellulose nanofibers, wherein the preparation of the functionalised chromatography medium does not comprise any surface extender. The chromatography medium is useful for separation of large analytes, such as viruses.

An ink for three dimensional printing a ceramic material includes metal oxide nanoparticles and a polymer resin, where a concentration of the metal oxide nanoparticles is at least about 50 wt % of a total mass of the ink. A method of forming a porous ceramic material includes obtaining an ink, where the ink comprises a mixture of metal oxide nanoparticles and a polymer, forming a body from the ink, curing the formed body, heating the formed body for removing the polymer and for forming a porous ceramic material from the metal oxide nanoparticles. The forming the body includes an additive manufacturing process with the ink.

Disclosed are embodiments of a filter unit containing a water adsorbent material in the form of water adsorbent particles in a packed bed and a gas adsorbent material in the form of gas adsorbent particles in a packed bed. In embodiments, the gas adsorbent material is downstream from the water adsorbent material in a direction of operation. Further disclosed are methods of preparing and using the filter units.

Disclosed are methods of making a porous particle material for use as stationary media and related chromatographic separation devices utilizing the disclosed stationary media. The porous particle material has a pore volume that yields improved stability and column lifetime, and additionally has a modified surface, resulting in a surface modified porous particle material that improves the separation of AAVs from their aggregates in the samples to be tested.