New Mexico Inventions Illustrated | October 20, 2015

This week's featured invention patented by New Mexico inventors is within CPC Section C: Chemistry & Metallurgy.

System and method for the capture and storage of waste
US9162914     

Inventor(s): Tina M. Nenoff, Albuquerque; Dorina Florentina Sava Gallis, Albuquerque

Assignee(s): Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that absorb waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework.

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This week's featured invention patented by a New Mexico organization is within CPC Section C: Chemistry & Metallurgy.

System and method for the capture and storage of waste
US9162914     

Inventor(s): Tina M. Nenoff, Albuquerque; Dorina Florentina Sava Gallis, Albuquerque; Karena Chapman, Naperville, IL; Peter Chupas, Naperville, IL

Assignee(s): Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that absorb waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework.

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