The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a superabsorbent polymer absorber containing metal nanoparticles and an application of the superabsorbent polymer absorber which is manufactured by the same and has antibacterial, sterilization, far infrared ray emission, prevention of blood oxidation, and mineral releasing functions. Specifically, the present invention relates to a technique in which metal nanoparticles such as copper, brass, bronze, silver, gold, germanium, and zinc are formed on the superabsorbent polymer by using a water-free manufacturing method, then, when the superabsorbent polymer absorbs water, the metal nanoparticles are naturally and uniformly dispersed, thereby allowing the superabsorbent polymer to exhibit inherent properties of the metal nanoparticles, and an application thereof.

The present invention relates to activated carbon sorbents including nitrogen. In various embodiments, the present invention provides an activated carbon sorbent including a halogen- or halide-promoted activated carbon, the activated carbon sorbent particles including nitrogen in a surface layer of the sorbent particles. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of reducing the pollutant content in a pollutant-containing gas using the activated carbon sorbent. In various embodiments, the activated carbon sorbent can remove mercury from a mercury-containing gas that includes sulfur(VI) such as SO.sub.3 more efficiently than other sorbents.

Disclosed herein are peptoids and related compounds, including peptoid affinity ligands for binding and/or purifying immunoglobulins, immunoglobulin fragments or immunoglobulin fusion proteins thereof. Methods of making peptoid affinity ligands and using the same to bind, purify and/or isolate immunoglobulins and related compounds are also disclosed. Such peptoid affinity ligands comprise a peptoid compound consisting of sequentially coupled peptoid residues forming a peptoid backbone, with one or more functional groups appended to a nitrogen of the peptoid residues of the peptoid backbone configured to provide the desired binding affinity.

A composite particle is described herein. The composite particle can contain a seed particle of an agricultural treatment material and a shell disposed on the seed particle, wherein the shell comprises a clay.

This disclosure pertains to performance enhancing conditioning and storage solvents containing low levels of buffer and salt for reproducible and improved size exclusion chromatography (SEC). In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to storage solvents for protein-based size exclusion chromatography that include water, a water-miscible organic solvent, a phosphate salt, and a neutral salt. In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to columns for protein-based size exclusion chromatography that include porous particles and such a storage solvent.

The present invention relates to a multi-stage blood purification apparatus designed to remove substances from a bodily fluid of a subject. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a sorbent stage containing a sorbent material by which a substance, or substances, is removed from a bodily fluid when in contact with the bodily fluid. In another aspect, the present invention provides a multi-stage blood purification apparatus containing a sorbent stage and a membrane stage. Further, methods of purifying a bodily fluid utilizing apparatuses of the present disclosure are provide.

The present disclosure relates to biodegradable materials and methods of removing using the biodegradable materials to remove phosphorus from water. Additionally, the biodegradable materials may be used as a fertilizer.

The current invention provides a novel method to synthesize a mono-disperse non-porous polymer particles with a unique gradient composition from the core to the shell. In particular, The present invention offers the flexibility to design the chemical and physical properties of different sections of the particle. This flexibility allows for significant latitude in the design of particles for analyzing a large variety of samples in different fieldsthrough using these particles in different chromatography techniques including, but not limited to, ion exchange HPLC (e.g., bio-separation at different modes), reversed-phase HPLC, narrow bore and capillary HPLC, hydrophilic/hydrophobic interaction liquid chromatography, capillary electrochromatography separation, and two dimensional liquid chromatography.

Chromatography media including a high surface area thermoplastic porous nanofiber and an ion-exchange ligand functionality on the surface of the fiber. The porous nanofibers display a convoluted structure that is comprised of discrete bundles of highly entangled nanofibrils that may be fibrillated or ridged. The porous fibers can be prepared through the extraction of a dissolvable mineral or polymeric porogen that is embedded into the fiber during its manufacture in a melt extrusion process.

Preparing a porous hybrid media includes contacting porous media (e.g., strong base ion-exchange media) with an aqueous solution including aluminum ions to yield a aluminum-ion-containing porous media, contacting the aluminum-ion containing porous media with a reducing agent to impregnate elemental aluminum in the porous media, and oxidizing the elemental aluminum to yield a porous hybrid media including aluminum hydr(oxide) impregnated in the porous media. In some cases, a pH of an aqueous mixture including the aluminum-ion-containing porous media may be adjusted to form a floc including aluminum hydroxide, and the aluminum hydroxide-containing porous media may be contacted with a reducing agent to yield a porous hybrid media including aluminum hydr(oxide) impregnated in the porous media. The porous hybrid media may advantageously be prepared at low temperature (e.g., room temperature).