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Nanoporous Polyamides Based on a Ferrocene Back Bone and Conversion to Graphite-Supported Iron at Low Temperatures

IP Title

MULTIFUNCTIONAL POROUS ARAMIDS (AEROGELS), FABRICATION THEREOF, AND CATALYTIC COMPOSITIONS DERIVED THEREFROM

Detailed Technology Description

None

Application Date

Dec 15, 2015

Application No.

9,593,225

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*Abstract

This invention provides a series of new and improved porous polyamide aerogels derived from multifunctional aromatics that combine the high mechanical strength of aramids with the pore structure of aerogels. The polyamide aerogels have a hyper branched structure, relatively low density, high porosity and may be derived from functionalized monomers having more aromatic groups than functional groups. Invention also includes application of catalytic pyrolysis- method for developing and optimizing fabrication of carbon encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles with graphite structure. The pyrolysis of ferrocene based aerogel gives carbon encapsulated magnetic iron nanoparticles with homogeneous distribution of carbon encapsulated iron nanoparticle throughout the aerogel while maintaining the porous structure, hence ending up in aerogel with magnetic as well as catalytic properties.

*IP Issue Date

Mar 14, 2017

*IP Publication Date

Apr 14, 2016

*Principal Investigator

Name: Nicholas Leventis, Associate Professor

Department:

Name: Chariklia Soritiou-Leventis, Professor

Department:

Name: Malik Adnan Saeed, Grduate Student

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Country/Region

USA