ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,699, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CROSSTEK HOLDING COMPANY LLC (Billerica, Mass.).
"Self-assembled surfactant structures" was invented by Adrian Brozell (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Arian Abed-Amoli (Belmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stabilized surfactant-based membranes and methods of manufacture thereof. Membranes comprising a stabilized surfactant mesostructure on a porous support may be used for various separations, including reverse osmosis and forward osmosis. The membranes are stabilized after evaporation of solvents; in some embodiments no removal of the surfactant is required. The surfactant solution may or may...