NANOMATERIAL-BASED PROCESSING OF DYES AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Organization Name

MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

Inventor(s)

Michel W Barsoum of Moorestown NJ US

Hussein O. Badr of Philadelphia PA US

Kaho Kotani of Nagaokakyo-shi JP

Yuki Kimura of Nagaokakyo-shi JP

Akimaro Yanagimachi of Nagaokakyo-shi JP

Takeshi Torita of Nagaokakyo-shi JP

NANOMATERIAL-BASED PROCESSING OF DYES AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18837169 titled 'NANOMATERIAL-BASED PROCESSING OF DYES AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Original Abstract Submitted

Provided is a method, comprising contacting a composition that comprises metal oxide nanofilaments to a dye and/or an organic compound under such conditions that the dye and/or the organic compound undergoes at least partial decomposition or degradation, the metal oxide nanofilaments the metal oxide nanofilaments optionally comprising titanium, the metal oxide nanofilaments optionally comprising carbon, the structure of the oxide nanofilaments optionally being an lepidocrocite structure; and further optionally comprising illuminating the composition and the dye and/or the organic compound. Also provided is a system, the system comprising a conduit and an amount of a composition that comprises a metal oxide nanofilaments, the conduit placing the composition into fluid communication with a process stream, the process stream comprising a dye and/or an organic compound.