This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $469,833 to the University of Florida to develop two-dimensional polymer membranes with precisely engineered gas-selective nanocavities. The goal is to create an energy-efficient, cost-competitive solution for separating gas molecules in industrial applications like carbon dioxide capture and petrochemical purification. The research will focus on designing macrocycle-based membranes that...
This $299,973 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop pore-engineered membranes using an in situ atomic layer deposition process for improved chemical separations. The key research objectives are to eliminate molecular-scale membrane defects, precisely tune membrane pore sizes, and introduce facilitating interactions between metal oxides and diffusing gases to maximize gas selectivity and permeance. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $599,999 to the University of Florida to develop design principles for more robust and efficient gas separation membranes using "Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity" (PIMs). The project aims to investigate how PIM molecular structure and dynamics can be tailored to improve permeability, selectivity, and resistance to plasticization and aging in membranes for applications like...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund $545,470 in research at the University of Florida to quantify the role of interfaces in liquid separation membranes based on carbon molecular sieves. The research aims to understand deviations from desired separation performance often exhibited by freestanding and hybrid carbon molecular sieve membranes. Investigators will combine advanced...
This three-year $580,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research into quantifying the role of interfaces in liquid separation membranes based on carbon molecular sieves. The goal is to develop fundamental knowledge of how interfaces impact liquid transport across carbon molecular sieve membranes at length scales below and above one micrometer. Investigators will combine advanced diffusion...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $219,996 Project Grant to the University of Florida to develop new fundamental knowledge of membrane structures and performance. The project, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, will utilize synthetic chemistry, polymer science, and advanced characterization techniques to design and study "doubly segmented ionenes," a new type of polymer membrane...
This $425,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research project between Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. The goal is to develop a new type of zeolite membrane capable of efficiently separating complex gas mixtures, which could significantly reduce the energy demands and costs of chemical production processes. The researchers will synthesize...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $252,509 to the University of Miami to develop, demonstrate, and commercialize a natural gas tank that can store and separate carbon dioxide from low-grade renewable natural gas. The goal is to create a system that enables the use of renewable biogas sources by municipalities, even without access to pipeline-grade gas processing or high-pressure fueling infrastructure. The project will...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $189,724 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Florida for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CROSSING THE PERCOLATION THRESHOLD FOR SELECTIVE GAS TRANSPORT USING INTERCONNECTED CRYSTALS OF METAL–ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS IN POLYMER-BASED HYBRID MEMBRANES." The three-year grant will support research from July 2021 to June 2024 to develop hybrid membrane materials combining metal–organic...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Arizona State University a $452,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support research to develop scalable synthesis methods for producing ultrathin two-dimensional covalent organic framework membranes with sub-1 nm pores. These membranes show potential for molecular separations in industrial processes related to fuels,...