Selenium nanomaterials and methods of making and using same
AssigneeRegents of the University of Minnesota
InventorsAbdennour Abbas, Snober Ahmed
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Abstract
Articles including a solid porous material having a selenium nanomaterial bound to a surface of and within the solid porous material. The article may be a include no polymeric stabilizer or proteinaceous stabilizer. The solid porous material may be a sponge, a film, a fabric, a non-woven material, or a metal-organic framework (MOF), or a combination thereof. The article may be produced by treating a solid porous material with an aqueous selenous acid solution and heating the solid porous material to form the selenium nanomaterial on the surface of and within the solid porous material.
Claims10
An article comprising a solid porous material having a selenium nanomaterial bound to a surface of and within the solid porous material, the article made by the process comprising:
- forming a saccharide coating on a surface of a solid support material;
- treating the solid support material having the saccharide coating on the surface with a selenous acid solution;
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- heating the solid support material to a temperature of at least 100 degrees Celsius and up to 170 degrees Celsius to form the selenium nanomaterial on the surface of and within the solid support material.
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