Air purification
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorsWilliam Brenden Carlson, Gregory David Phelan
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Abstract
Embodiments herein generally relate to the use, devices, and compounds for generating singlet oxygen. In some embodiments, the singlet oxygen can be used for fluid purification and/or sterilization.
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An air filter comprising a polymer fiber comprising a polymer comprising a monomer unit of:
- a material capable of excited state energy transfer;
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- a polymerized moiety covalently attached to the material capable of excited state energy transfer.
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A method for decontaminating a volume of material, the method comprising:
- providing a polymer comprising a monomer unit comprising:
- a material capable of excited state energy transfer;
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- a polymerized moiety covalently attached to the material capable of excited state energy transfer;
- generating at least one singlet oxygen from the polymer and oxygen;
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- contacting a volume of material with the singlet oxygen, thereby decontaminating the volume of material.
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A method of making a polymer fiber, the method comprising:
- providing a polymer comprising a material capable of excited state energy transfer covalently attached to a polymerized moiety;
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- forming one or more fiber from the polymer.
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A polymerizable monomer comprising the structure as represented in Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, or Formula VIII:
A polymer comprising one or more monomer units, wherein the monomer units are represented by Formula IX:
A polymer fiber comprising a polymer comprising a monomer unit of:
- a material capable of transferring energy from a triplet state of the material to a triplet state of oxygen;
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- a polymerized moiety covalently attached to the material.
A polymer fiber comprising a polymer comprising a monomer unit of:
- a singlet oxygen generating material;
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- a polymerized moiety covalently attached to the singlet oxygen generating material.
An air filter material comprising of a material comprising a metal chelate moiety of Formula XXXIII
- wherein M is at least one of iridium, copper, nickel, tin, lead, europium, gadolinium, samarium, terbium, neodymium, thorium, uranium, rhenium, osmium, ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, silver, palladium, gold, cadmium, or mercury;
- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, O, F, Si, P, S, Cl, Ge, As, Se, Br, Sn, Sb, Te, and I, wherein one or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 can be covalently bonded to one or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6;
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- wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is attached to a polymerizable moiety or part of an entity attached to a polymerizable moiety.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.