ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,241, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
"Eco-friendly membranes for separations" was invented by Shadi Wajih Hasan (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Farah Abuhatab (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating an eco-friendly, porous membrane includes preparing a porous membrane using a dope solution of polymer, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and one or more deep eutectic solvents (DES). The porous PLA membrane can be formed from the dope solution through non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS). A concentration ...