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US 11,560,438 B2Granted
Porous polymeric cellulose prepared via cellulose crosslinking
AssigneeNanopareil, LLC
InventorsSteven Schneiderman, Todd J. Menkhaus, Yong Zhao, Hao Fong, Craig Arnold
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Abstract
The invention relates to porous polymeric cellulose prepared via cellulose crosslinking. The porous polymeric cellulose can be incorporated into membranes and/or hydrogels. In preferred embodiments, the membranes and/or hydrogels can provide high dynamic binding capacity at high flow rates. Membranes and/or hydrogels comprising the porous polymeric cellulose are particularly suitable for filtration, separation, and/or functionalization media.
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A membrane composition comprising:
- a first electrospun nanofiber, wherein the first electrospun nanofiber comprises cellulose;
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- a second electrospun nanofiber, wherein the second electrospun nanofiber comprises a non-cellulose based polymer;
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- a plurality of pores and/or channels;
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- wherein the composition is crosslinked and comprises at least 30 wt. % of the cellulose.
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A method of preparing a membrane composition comprising:
- (a) adding a cellulose composition comprising a first electrospun nanofiber and a second electrospun nanofiber to a crosslinking system, wherein the crosslinking system comprises a crosslinking agent and a catalyst, wherein the first electrospun nanofiber comprises cellulose, and wherein the second electrospun nanofiber comprises a non-cellulose-based polymer;
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- (b) curing the cellulose composition;
- wherein the cellulose composition is crosslinked by the crosslinking system to form the membrane composition;
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- wherein the membrane composition comprises at least 30 wt. % of the cellulose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.