Abstract: A liquid-hydrocarbon fuel is used to produce thermal energy by introducing the liquid-hydrocarbon fuel and air to a vaporizer. The liquid-hydrocarbon fuel is vaporized in the vaporizer to produce hydrocarbon-fuel vapor, and the hydrocarbon-fuel vapor and air are blended to form a hydrocarbon-fuel-vapor-and-air mixture. Then, hydrocarbon-fuel-vapor-and-air mixture is introduced to a catalytic combustor including a catalyst, wherein the catalyst promotes oxidation of the hydrocarbon-fuel vapor to form a carbon-dioxide- and water-vapor-containing exhaust and to generate thermal energy. The carbon-dioxide- and water-vapor-containing exhaust and air is then introduced to a recuperator, wherein the recuperator transfers thermal energy from the carbon-dioxide- and water-vapor-containing exhaust to the air to produce heated air.

Abstract: A molecular sieve particle-based analytic chemistry system is disclosed in which populations of encoded molecular sieve particles carrying different chemical functionalities are distributed into wells etched in an optical fiber bundle. The chemical functionalities are encoded on separate shaped molecular sieve particles using luminescent dyes and/or molecular sieve particle shapes and thus, a single sensor array may carry thousands of chemistries. Such encoded molecular sieve particles can provide at least a five-fold enhancement in tunable parameters for increasing the encoding possibilities of high throughput screening assays relative to the present dye-modified polymeric microsphere standard.

Abstract: A molecular sieve particle-based analytic chemistry system is disclosed in which populations of encoded molecular sieve particles carrying different chemical functionalities are distributed into wells etched in an optical fiber bundle. The chemical functionalities are encoded on separate shaped molecular sieve particles using luminescent dyes and/or molecular sieve particle shapes and thus, a single sensor array may carry thousands of chemistries. Such encoded molecular sieve particles can provide at least a five-fold enhancement in tunable parameters for increasing the encoding possibilities of high throughput screening assays relative to the present dye-modified polymeric microsphere standard.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses novel mesoporous compositions comprising vitamin E, and methods for their synthesis. The mesoporous compositions are synthesized in a range of conditions to produce varied morphologies including, but not limited, to gyroids, hexagons, hexagonal rods, discs, and spheres.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses novel mesoporous compositions comprising vitamin E, and methods for their synthesis. The mesoporous compositions are synthesized in a range of conditions to produce varied morphologies including, but not limited, to gyroids, hexagons, hexagonal rods, discs, and spheres.