Patents Assigned to Lehrstuhl fur Technische Chemie II, Universitat Duisburg-Essen
  • MAGNETICALLY RESPONSIVE MEMBRANES
    Publication number: 20140231351
    Abstract: The invention provides permeable magnetically responsive filtration membranes that include a filtration membrane polymer base suitable for fluid filtration; hydrophilic polymers conjugated to the surface of the filtration membrane polymer; and magnetic nanoparticles affixed to the ends of a plurality of the hydrophilic polymers, wherein the hydrophilic polymers are movable with respect to the surface of the filtration membrane polymer surface in the presence of an oscillating magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: Colorado State University Research Foundation, The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Lehrstuhl fur Technische Chemie II, Universitat Duisburg-Essen
    Inventors: Sumith Ranil WICKRAMASINGHE, Xianghong QIAN, Heath H. HIMSTEDT, Mathias ULBRICHT, Michael J. SEMMENS