Patents by Inventor Joanna Gorka

Joanna Gorka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surface-functionalized mesoporous carbon materials
    Patent number: 9249241
    Abstract: A functionalized mesoporous carbon composition comprising a mesoporous carbon scaffold having mesopores in which polyvinyl polymer grafts are covalently attached, wherein said mesopores have a size of at least 2 nm and up to 50 nm. Also described is a method for producing the functionalized mesoporous composition, wherein a reaction medium comprising a precursor mesoporous carbon, vinyl monomer, initiator, and solvent is subjected to sonication of sufficient power to result in grafting and polymerization of the vinyl monomer into mesopores of the precursor mesoporous carbon. Also described are methods for using the functionalized mesoporous carbon, particularly in extracting metal ions from metal-containing solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Joanna Gorka, Richard T. Mayes
  • SURFACE-FUNCTIONALIZED MESOPOROUS CARBON MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140294701
    Abstract: A functionalized mesoporous carbon composition comprising a mesoporous carbon scaffold having mesopores in which polyvinyl polymer grafts are covalently attached, wherein said mesopores have a size of at least 2 nm and up to 50 nm. Also described is a method for producing the functionalized mesoporous composition, wherein a reaction medium comprising a precursor mesoporous carbon, vinyl monomer, initiator, and solvent is subjected to sonication of sufficient power to result in grafting and polymerization of the vinyl monomer into mesopores of the precursor mesoporous carbon. Also described are methods for using the functionalized mesoporous carbon, particularly in extracting metal ions from metal-containing solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Joanna Gorka, Richard T. Mayes