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Hybrid Membrane–Adsorption Process for Efficient Direct Air Capture
TS-073184 —
Direct air capture (DAC) technologies are essential for meeting global carbon‑reduction goals, yet most current systems remain limited by high energy demand, high cost, and materials with insufficient stability. Traditional solid‑sorbent DAC approaches require significant thermal input for reg…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ho, W.S. Winston; Han, Yang; Huang, Yi-Chen
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Fuel Cell-Enabled CO2-to-CO Conversion Using Ultra-Selective Membrane Technology
TS-072615 — The Need
Efficient carbon dioxide (CO₂) utilization and separation remain critical challenges in energy, chemical, and environmental sectors. Existing processes for CO₂ conversion to carbon monoxide (CO) and for separating CO₂/CO mixtures are energy-intensive, costly, and often lack selectivit…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ho, W.S. Winston; Han, Yang
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Lightweight CNT-Polymer Composite Wires with Enhanced Conductivity and Ampacity
TS-072578 — The Need
Current lightweight conductors, such as copper and aluminum, face limitations in specific electrical conductivity, flexibility, and thermal management, especially for demanding applications in electrified transportation and aerospace. There is a critical need for conductors that combine hig…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Sumption, Michael; Guo, Yang; Xue, Shengchen
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Advanced Amine-Containing Membranes for High-Pressure Hydrogen Purification
TS-071805 — The Need
Hydrogen production from coal-derived syngas is a promising route for cleaner energy, but current CO₂/H₂ separation technologies struggle with efficiency, selectivity, and stability at high pressures. Existing membranes often suffer from reduced CO₂ permeance and compaction under indu…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ho, W.S. Winston; Han, Yang
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Reversible Shape-Changing Amorphous Polymers via Liquid Crystal Templating
TS-071745 — The Need
Current two-way shape memory polymers (SMPs) require expensive, crystalline or liquid crystalline monomers and complex synthesis, limiting their use in cost-sensitive and biocompatible applications. Widely used amorphous polymers (e.g., polystyrene, PMMA) are inexpensive and common in con…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Wang, Xiaoguang "William"; Dupont, Robert; Zhang, Meng
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Novel functional surfaces for chemical reaction and water treatment
TS-063135 — A liquid crystal infused porous surface for diagnosing and treating wastewater.
In various industries, there is a growing need for surfaces that can effectively repel water and resist fouling by oily contaminants. Traditional superhydrophobic surfaces, while excellent at repelling water, are easily fouled, limiting their practical applications.
A team of The Ohio State Uni…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Wang, Xiaoguang "William"; Rather, Adil; Xu, Yang
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Amine-Containing Facilitated Transport Membranes For Carbon Dioxide/Nitrogen Separation
TS-041856 — Novel membrane technology utilizing active transport for carbon dioxide/nitrogen separation. The membrane exhibits high permeance and selectivity
Improved separation of by-product carbon dioxide from nitrogen in power plants and industrial exhaust systems would considerably decrease greenhouse gas emissions. The current method of separation that is most often used in industry is amine absorption, however this method is costly, has a large c…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ho, W.S. Winston; Han, Yang
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Liquid-impregnated porous polypropylene surfaces for liquid repellency
TS-037943 — A new way to make a liquid-impregnated porous polypropylene surfaces, that is more durable and cost effective.
Polypropylene is one of the most commonly used plastic material for consumer packaging. It is also used in many other things, like textiles, stationary, plastic parts, and many other things. When used as packaging, there are a few problems that need to be addressed, and one of them is that it is n…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Bhushan, Bharat; Brown, Philip
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Superoleophobic Polymer Surfaces Prepared by Nanoparticle Incorporation
TS-037495 — A technique to entrap SiO2 particles in polycarboante, creating a superoleophobic surface.
Superoleophobic surfaces have a number of advantages including antifouling, self-cleaning, anti-smudge, and low-drag. These applications are useful in a number of industries including medical, transportation, aerospace, energy, and construction. Current techniques for creating superoleophobic…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Bhushan, Bharat; Brown, Philip
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Carbon Dioxide Capture
TS-015004 — Modified zeolite Y membranes for high-performance CO2 separation.
Supported zeolite films/membranes with controlled microstructures are important in applications as diverse as catalysis, ion-exchange, nuclear waste disposal, light harvesting devices, chemical sensing, and gas separations. Separation by zeolite membranes are controlled by two factors. The first i…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Shqau, Krenar; Dutta, Prabir; Verweij, Hendrik; White, Jeremy
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
