Materials

This technology aims to provide and integrated and oxidation resistant cladding or coating onto carbon-based composites in seconds.

Installing spray foam insulation in walls during construction is a manual process, but installers must wear safety gear to avoid exposure to chemicals, and fatigue can lead to mistakes and low-quality foam.

This invention demonstrates the strong potential for hybridization of CNF with natural fibers for facile drying and inclusion of the CNF into polymer matrices for high performance composites.

The invention is a material that will selectively absorb lithium from process waters, and then in a subsequent step, allow the lithium to be released and concentrated; allowing efficient lithium extraction from fluids for use as commodity chemicals.

This technology enables mechanical strength improvements in composites by utilizing a chemical reaction between polymer reinforcing fibers and a thermoset or thermoplastic matrix.

The technologies describes and provides innovative methods and materials for high efficiency heating enclosures and appliances.

Regeneration of CO2-capture solvents is a major component of operational cost (>60% of total operating cost) in a sustainable CO2 capture process; thus, efficient thermal regeneration is important to allow solvent reuse and still sustain stable CO2 capture performance over

Geothermal brine can be domestic source of lithium. The current state of the art for recovery of Li from geothermal brines is a sorption-based system which involves a three-step process including extraction, wash and strip under repeated cycling conditions.

We report a method to induce adhesive-like characteristics in a lignin derivative and a method to enhance its adhesive performance by tailoring material composition and its damping behavior.