US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE on Oct. 7 for "Separation media, devices and applications thereof" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,232, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Separation media, devices and applications thereof" was invented by Jordan Poler (Charlotte, N.C.), James E. Amburgey (Kannapolis, N.C.), Abhispa Sahu (Charlotte, N.C.) and Tim B. Eldred (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, separation media are described herein operable for removing one or more water contaminants, including NOM, fluorinated chemicals, and/or derivatives thereof. Briefly, a separation medium comprises a silica-containing granular support; and an oligomeric stationary phase forming a film on i...