Abstract: Present embodiments provide efficient and cost-effective use of chloramines such as monochloramine, NH2Cl, to degrade styrene butadiene rubber, a material from which tires and other products are made, so that it can be recycled, and do so by overcoming the limitations of monochloramine due to its thermodynamic instability by achieving and maintaining adequate monochloramine concentrations for the degrading process.

Abstract: A composite armor panels is comprised of a first layer, composed of a matrix of an elastomeric material and a crushed aggregate material, and a second backing layer. One or more geogrids can be included in the first layer of the armor panel to prevent the aggregate material from moving within the first layer. A method of making a composite armor panel includes exposing a mixture of elastomeric material and crushed aggregate material to elevated temperatures and pressures for predetermined time periods, such that a matrix of elastomeric material and crushed aggregate material is formed.

Abstract: This invention provides ways to fabricate nanotubes and nanobead arrays by utilizing nanopores in anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. Nanotubes of bismuth and other low melting point metals with controlled diameters and lengths can be fabricated by sintering AAO coated with appropriate metals at temperatures above their melting points. Carbon nanotubes may also be readily formed by carbonizing a polymer on the interior walls of the nanopores in AAO membranes. Palladium nanobead arrays which can be used as ultrafast hydrogen sensors are fabricated by coating the flat surface of AAO membranes with controlled pore-wall ratios.