Metal complexing
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsDhananjay Puranik, Robert E. Morris, Eddie L. Chang
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Abstract
A composition including a solid substrate, a metal chelant, and a saturated hydrocarbon linker attached between the substrate and the chelant, wherein the chelant is an organic wherein the chelant is an organic macrocycle or polyol.
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A composition comprising a solid substrate, a linker, and a metal chelant, said linker being chemically attached to said substrate and to said chelant and wherein said metal chelant is selected from the group consisting essentially of cyclam, cyclen, 1,4,7,11-tetraazaundecane, 1,4,7,11-tetraazadodecane, a crown ether, an oxa-aza crown ether, a thia-aza crown ether, a thia-oxo crown ether, a thia-crown ether, an aza-oxa-thia crown ether, monoethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, and mixtures thereof.
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