Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100174111 | PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF ARYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS - Disclosed herein is a process for purifying aryl carboxylic acids, in particular terephthalic acid, wherein the impure acid is dissolved or dispersed in an ionic liquid and a non-solvent is added to precipitate the purified acid. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising terephthalic acid and one or more ionic liquids. | 07-08-2010 |
20100215988 | Methods of Preparing High Orientation Nanoparticle-Containing Sheets or Films Using Ionic Liquids, and the Sheets or Films Produced Thereby - A method is provided for the preparation of nanomaterials, which involves the dissolution and/or suspension of a combination of (a) one or more resin substrate materials and (b) one or more magnetic nanoparticutate substances, in a medium made from one or more ionic liquids, to provide a mixture, and recovering the solid nanomaterial by combining the mixture with a non-solvent (solvent for the ionic liquids but not the other components), while also applying an electromagnetic field to the mixture during the recovering step to align the magnetic nanoparticulate substances, along with the use of the resulting nanomaterials to provide unique information storage media, particularly in the form of sheets or films. | 08-26-2010 |
20110251377 | IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESSING OF BIOMASS, THEIR COMPONENTS AND/OR DERIVATIVES, AND MIXTURES THEREOF - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that involve ionic liquids and biomass. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to ionic liquid systems for the processing of biomass, their components and/or derivatives, and mixtures thereof. | 10-13-2011 |
20110319554 | EXFOLIATION OF GRAPHITE USING IONIC LIQUIDS - Disclosed are methods of exfoliating graphite using one or more ionic liquids. Also disclosed is the exfoliated graphite and/or graphene provided by a disclosed method. Further disclosed are composites comprising exfoliated graphite and/or graphene and methods of making the composites. | 12-29-2011 |
20120046244 | DUAL FUNCTIONING IONIC LIQUIDS AND SALTS THEREOF - Disclosed herein are ionic liquid compositions comprising active pharmaceutical, biological, and nutritional compounds, and methods of use. Further disclosed are compositions of matter including liquid ion pairs alone or in solution and their use; compositions of ionic liquids that are ‘solvated,’ for example, ‘hydrated’ and their uses. | 02-23-2012 |
20120115729 | PROCESS FOR FORMING FILMS, FIBERS, AND BEADS FROM CHITINOUS BIOMASS - Disclosed is a process for forming films, fibers, and beads comprising a chitinous mass, for example, chitin, chitosan obtained from one or more biomasses. The disclosed process can be used to prepare films, fibers, and beads comprising only polymers, i.e., chitin, obtained from a suitable biomass, or the films, fibers, and beads can comprise a mixture of polymers obtained from a suitable biomass and a naturally occurring and/or synthetic polymer. Disclosed herein are the films, fibers, and beads obtained from the disclosed process. This Abstract is presented solely to aid in searching the subject matter disclosed herein and is not intended to define, limit, or otherwise provide the full scope of the disclosed subject matter. | 05-10-2012 |
20120122691 | Cellulosic biocomposites as molecular scaffolds for nano-architectures - Disclosed are composites that comprise regenerated cellulose, a first active substance, a second active substance, and a linker. Methods for preparing the composites that involve the use of ionic liquids are also disclosed. Articles prepared from the disclosed composites and methods of using them are further disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
20120216705 | METHODS FOR DISSOLVING POLYMERS USING MIXTURES OF DIFFERENT IONIC LIQUIDS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE MIXTURES - Disclosed are methods for dissolving biopolymers and synthetic polymers using mixtures of different ionic liquids and compositions comprising the mixture. The methods involve contacting a polymer with a mixture of ionic liquids to provide a composition of polymer and the mixture; the mixture of ionic liquids is prepared by either mixing ionic liquids or by a process comprising reacting ionic liquid precursors in one-pot to form the ionic liquids. | 08-30-2012 |
20120241680 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES PREPARED USING IONIC LIQUIDS - Disclosed are conductive composites prepared from ionic liquids, compositions for preparing the composites, and methods of making and using the composites. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245336 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING RECYCLABLE IONIC LIQUIDS FOR USE IN BIOMASS PROCESSING - Compositions containing biomass, an ionic liquid, and an amide are described herein. Methods of their preparation and use in extracting and processing biomass are also described herein. Further described herein are films and fibers prepared from the compositions. Methods of recovering the ionic liquids used to process the biomass are also provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120264605 | Multi-Functional Ionic Liquid Compositions for Overcoming Polymorphism and Imparting Improved Properties for Active Pharmaceutical, Biological, Nutritional, and Energetic Ingredients - Disclosed are ionic liquids and methods of preparing ionic liquid compositions of active pharmaceutical, biological, nutritional, and energetic ingredients. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to overcome polymorphism, overcome solubility and delivery problems, to control release rates, add functionality, enhance efficacy (synergy), and improve ease of use and manufacture. | 10-18-2012 |
20120318348 | ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC-BATTERY HYBRID DEVICE - Photoactive layers for use in a photovoltaic cell are described. The photoactive layers comprise at least one photoactive ion paired with another ion. This photoactive ion pair can be in the form of an ionic liquid, hydrogen bonded ion pair, cocrystal, or complex to allow for greater flexibility and portability. Also described are photovoltaic cells that contain the described photoactive layers sandwiched between two electrodes. | 12-20-2012 |
20130068996 | PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF ARYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS - Disclosed herein is a process for purifying aryl carboxylic acids, in particular terephthalic acid, wherein the impure acid is dissolved or dispersed in an ionic liquid and a non-solvent is added to precipitate the purified acid. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising terephthalic acid and one or more ionic liquids. | 03-21-2013 |
20130109572 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | 05-02-2013 |
20130203602 | SUPPORTED BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to biologically active compounds, particularly liquid compounds, which are immobilized on a solid carrier material, particularly on mesoporous silica. The compounds are non-covalently supported on the solid carrier material thereby forming stable, easily handled solids which have the further advantage that the adsorbed biologically active compounds have improved thermal stability compared with the non-adsorbed compounds, and that they are released rapidly and completely from the carrier material when placed in an aqueous environment. | 08-08-2013 |
20130217735 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed are compositions and methods of preparing compositions of active fungicidal ingredients. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to improve fungicide penetration into the plant tissue, reduce fungicide volatility and drift, decrease water solubility of the fungicides, and introduce additional biological function to fungicides. | 08-22-2013 |
20140027938 | PROCESS FOR ELECTROSPINNING CHITIN FIBERS FROM CHITINOUS BIOMASS SOLUTION AND FIBERS AND ARTICLES PRODUCED THEREBY - Disclosed are methods for electrospinning chitinous biomass solution to form chitin fibers, using ionic liquids or other ion-containing liquids as solvent. Chitin fibers produced thereby and articles containing such chitin fibers are also disclosed. The chitin fiber thus obtained has very high surface area and improved strength over currently commercially available chitin materials. | 01-30-2014 |
20140309419 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE THERMAL STABILITY OF IONIC COMPOUNDS - This invention relates to a method for enhancing the thermal stability of ionic compounds including ionic liquids, by immobilization on porous solid support materials having a pore diameter of between about 20-200 Å, wherein the solid support does not have a pore size of 90 Å. | 10-16-2014 |
20140373984 | HYPERGOLIC SALTS WITH BORANE CLUSTER ANIONS - Disclosed are hypergolic salts with borane cluster anions that ignite spontaneously upon contact with nitric acid (from 70% to 100% in water) with short ignition delay. The salts, when added as trigger additive to combustible solvent or ionic liquids, make the resulting formulation hypergolic. The salts with borane cluster anions also shorten ignition delay in hypergols, such as RP-1, and additionally allow nitric acid to be used to replace liquid oxygen as an oxidizer. In some examples, the borane salts are formed in situ in an ionic liquid. | 12-25-2014 |