Biomimetic membranes and methods of making biomimetic membranes

Title: Biomimetic membranes and methods of making biomimetic membranes

The present disclosure is directed to biomimetic membranes and methods of manufacturing such membranes that include structural features that mimic the structures of cellular membrane channels and produce membrane designs capable of high selectivity and high permeability or adsorptivity. The membrane structure, material and chemistry can be selected to perform liquid separations, gas separation and capture, ion transport and adsorption for a variety of applications.

Inventors:: Rempe, Susan; Brinker, Jeffrey C.; Rogers, David Michael; Jiang, Ying-Bing; Yang, Shaorong

Issue Date:: 2016-11-08

OSTI Identifier:: 1331384

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM) SNL-A

Patent Number(s):: 9,486,742

Application Number:: 13/253,964

Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 06

Research Org:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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