US 11,717,791 B2
Mitigating leaks in membranes
Rohit N. Karnik, Cambridge, MA (US); Suman Bose, Cambridge, MA (US); Michael S. H. Boutilier, Fremont, CA (US); Nicolas G. Hadjiconstantinou, Lexington, MA (US); Tarun Kumar Jain, New York, NY (US); Sean C. O'Hern, Watertown, MA (US); Tahar Laoui, Dhahran (SA); Muataz A. Atieh, Dhahran (SA); and Doojoon Jang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US); and King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US); and King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/860,054.
Application 16/860,054 is a continuation of application No. 15/878,361, filed on Jan. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,668,435.
Application 15/878,361 is a continuation of application No. 14/530,292, filed on Oct. 31, 2014, granted, now 9,901,879.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/898,779, filed on Nov. 1, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0316528 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 65/00 (2006.01); B01D 65/10 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 71/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); B01D 69/12 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 65/003 (2013.01) [B01D 53/22 (2013.01); B01D 65/108 (2013.01); B01D 67/0006 (2013.01); B01D 71/021 (2013.01); B01D 71/024 (2013.01); B01D 71/025 (2013.01); C23C 16/45555 (2013.01); B01D 69/12 (2013.01); B01D 2053/221 (2013.01); B01D 2256/245 (2013.01); B01D 2257/304 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01); B01D 2257/702 (2013.01); B01D 2323/283 (2013.01); Y02C 20/40 (2020.08)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article comprising:
an atomically thin layer including a plurality of defects; and
a material deposited on the plurality of defects, wherein a majority of a surface of the atomically thin layer is free from the material, and wherein the material is retained in the article during use.