The present invention provides a water-resistant composition for adsorbing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from organic matter including: a) palladium doped hydrogen-ZSM-5, wherein the Si:Al ratio of the hydrogen-ZSM-5 is less than or equal to 200:1; and b) at least one water-soluble binder. The invention also provides a method for using the water-resistant composition for adsorbing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from organic matter.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are carbon dioxide and VOC sorbents that include a porous support impregnated with an amine compound.

Systems and methods for concentration of a sorbate in a feedstream and subsequent adsorption utilizing a Type V adsorbent are provided.

The present invention relates to a preparation method of an organic-inorganic nanoporous material-metal chloride hybrid moisture adsorption composition, and the moisture adsorption composition prepared by the preparation method. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a preparation method of the moisture adsorption composition, the preparation method comprising the steps of crystallizing an aluminum precursor and a dicarboxylic acid organic ligand to synthesize an organic-inorganic nanoporous material, heat-treating the organic-inorganic nanoporous material to remove unreacted organic materials, mixing the heat-treated organic-inorganic nanoporous material with a metal chloride solution to impregnate particles of the organic-inorganic nanoporous material with a metal chloride, drying the mixture in an oven, thereby removing a solvent from the mixture to obtain a dried product, crushing the dried product to obtain a powder, and vacuum drying the powder to remove residual moisture from the powder. The moisture adsorption composition according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied to an air conditioner, an adsorption type refrigerator, a dehumidifier, and a cooling and heating device by having a maximum moisture adsorption amount (the amount of moisture adsorbed per unit weight of the adsorption composition) of 0.2 to 0.9 g/g in the driving pressure range (P/P.sub.0=0.1 to 0.3).

The invention relates to a heat exchanger having at least one sorption duct in which is arranged a sorption medium and through which a fluid can be made to flow, characterized in that the heat exchanger also contains at least one catalyst with which a fuel can be converted exothermically such that at least some of the resulting heat can be conveyed to the sorption medium. The invention also relates to a method for heating and/or conditioning a gas stream, having at least the following steps: supplying a gas stream, containing multiple different components, into a sorption duct in which is arranged a sorption medium, such that at least one component is bound in the sorption medium, and supplying and exothermically converting at least one fuel under the action of a catalyst, such that at least one component of the gas stream is expelled from the sorption medium.

The present disclosure relates to a method of separating a compound of interest, particularly unsaturated compound(s) of interest, from a mixture. The compound is separated using a column having a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography containing a first substituent and a second substituent. The first substituent minimizes compound retention variation over time under chromatographic conditions. The second substituent chromatographically and selectively retains the compound by incorporating one or more aromatic, polyaromatic, heterocyclic aromatic, or polyheterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups, each group being optionally substituted with an aliphatic group.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography represented by Formula 1: [X](W).sub.a(Q).sub.b(T).sub.c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition having a surface comprising a silica core material, metal oxide core material, an inorganic-organic hybrid material or a group of block copolymers thereof. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include a hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be a functional group that minimizes retention variation over time (drift) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations. T can include one or more hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional groups that chromatographically interact with the analyte. Additionally, b and c can be positive numbers, with the ratio 0.05?(b/c)?100, and a?0.

Metal organic resins, composite materials composed of the metal organic resins, and anion exchange columns packed with the composite materials are provided. Also provided are methods of using the composite materials to remove metal anions from a sample, methods of using the metal organic resins as fluorescence sensors for detecting metal anions in a sample, and methods of making the metal organic resins and the composite materials. The metal organic resins are amine-functionalized metal organic frameworks and their associated counter anions. The composite materials are composed of metal organic resin particles coated with organic polymers, such as alginic acid polymers.

A method for making surface-coated water-absorbing polymer particles in a microfluidic device is provided. The microfluidic device includes a first microfluidic channel conveying precursor water-absorbing polymer particles, a second microfluidic channel conveying a first coating solution, a third microfluidic channel conveying water-absorbing polymer particles coated with the first coating solution, a fourth microfluidic channel conveying a first non aqueous liquid. An absorbent article includes the surface-coated water-absorbing polymer particles obtained via the method herein is also provided.

The invention is directed to utilization of a series of cross-linked 1,4-benzenediamine-co-alkyldiamine polymers and the use of the polymers to remove mercury from a hydrocarbon in fluid form.