Granted Patent
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US 12,397,268 · App. 17/402,048 · Granted Aug 26, 2025
Filtration apparatus containing graphene oxide membrane
Inventors:
Michelle MacLeod (Boston, MA); Stephen Frayne (Watertown, MA); Brandon Ian Macdonald (Melrose, MA); Lymaris Ortiz Rivera (Cambridge, MA); Brent Keller (Somerville, MA)
Assignee:
Via Separations, Inc.
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate generally to graphene oxide membranes for fluid filtration and more specifically to graphene oxide membranes having tunable permeability, rejection rate, and flux. Some embodiments of the graphene oxide membranes disclosed herein are characterized as having a flux of at least about 2.5×10 −4 gallons per square foot per day per psi with a 1 wt % lactose solution at room temperature, and a lactose rejection rate of at least 50% with a 1 wt % lactose solution.
Claims (20)
1. A filtration apparatus, comprising:
a support substrate; and
a graphene oxide membrane disposed on the support substrate, the graphene oxide membrane including a plurality of graphene oxide sheets, each of the graphene oxide sheets coupled to an adjacent graphene oxide sheet via a chemical linker,
wherein the chemical linker has the Formula Ib:
wherein:
L 3 is selected from —C(═O)—NH—(CH 2 ) m —, —C(═O)—NH—C(═O)—(CH 3 ) 2 —S—(CH 2 ) m —, or —NH—C(═O)—(CH 3 ) 2 —S—(CH 2 ) m —;
A 2 is selected from aryl, heteroaryl, C 4 -C 10 heterocycloalkyl, C 4 -C 10 cycloalkyl, or C 4 -C 10 alkyl, wherein the aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, and alkyl can each be optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halo, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, or C 1 -C 4 alkyl;
m is 0-4; and
denotes the point of coupling with a carbon atom on a graphene oxide;
the graphene oxide membrane has a flux of at least about 2.5+10- 3 gallons per square foot per day per psi (GFD/psi) with a 1 wt. % lactose solution at room temperature; and
the graphene oxide membrane includes about 0.1 mg to 6 mg of the graphene oxide membrane per 5000 mm 2 membrane area.
2. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support substrate is a microporous polymer substrate.
3. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support substrate has a root mean squared surface roughness of less than about 3 μm.
4. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support substrate has an average pore size of 0.1 μm to 5 μm.
5. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support substrate includes a material selected from polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, polyethylene oxide, polyethersulfone, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polymethylmethacrylate, polydimethylsiloxane, polyester, cellulose, cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate, polyacrylonitrile, glass fiber, quartz, alumina, silver, polycarbonate, nylon, aramid, or polyether ether ketone.
6. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the graphene oxide membrane has a lactose rejection rate of at least 50% with a 1 wt % lactose solution.
7. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the graphene oxide membrane has a MgSO 4 rejection rate of at least 80% with a 0.1 wt % MgSO 4 solution.
8. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein A 2 is phenyl or linear C 5 -C 6 alkyl.
9. The filtration apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the chemical linker has Formula Ib-1:
10. The filtration apparatus of claim 1 , wherein m is 0 or 1.
Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST
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To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: MACLEOD, MICHELLE; FRAYNE, STEPHEN; MACDONALD, BRANDON IAN; RIVERA, LYMARIS ORTIZ; KELLER, BRENT
To: VIA SEPARATIONS, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation
PCTUS2020033236
· May 15, 2020
Provisional Application
62910789
· Oct 4, 2019
Provisional Application
62848014
· May 15, 2019
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