Super-hydrophobic fluorine containing aerogels
US7211605B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2995
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An aerogel material with surfaces containing fluorine atoms which exhibits exceptional hydrophobicity, or the ability to repel liquid water. Hydrophobic aerogels are efficient absorbers of solvents from water. Solvents miscible with water are separated from it because the solvents are more volatile than water and they enter the porous aerogel as a vapor across the liquid water/solid interface. Solvents that are immisicble with water are separated from it by selectively wetting the aerogel. The hydrophobic property is achieved by formulating the aerogel using fluorine containing molecules either directly by addition in the sol-gel process, or by treating a standard dried aerogel using the vapor of fluorine containing molecules.
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