	US 12,383,883 B2
	Method of making colloidal suspensions of metal organic frameworks in polymeric solutions and uses thereof
Ignacio Luz Minguez, Durham, NC (US); Mustapha Soukri, Cary, NC (US); Marty Lail, Raleigh, NC (US); and Lora Goon Toy, Morrisville, NC (US)
Assigned to RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE, Research Triangle Park, NC (US)
Filed by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/632,596.
Application 18/632,596 is a division of application No. 17/054,590, granted, now 12,109,549, previously published as PCT/US2019/032766, filed on May 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,389, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0342683 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. B01J 20/22 (2006.01); B01D 53/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 20/226 (2013.01) [B01D 53/02 (2013.01); B01D 53/228 (2013.01); B01J 20/28026 (2013.01); B01J 20/28033 (2013.01); B01J 20/28059 (2013.01); B01J 20/28061 (2013.01); B01J 20/28064 (2013.01); B01J 20/28066 (2013.01); B01J 20/28083 (2013.01); B01D 2253/204 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. A polymeric membrane, comprising:

a nano-crystalline metal organic framework comprising micropores, wherein the micropores have an average diameter in the range of 0.5-5 nm, and

a polymeric matrix comprising a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material, wherein the nano-crystalline metal organic framework is substantially homogenously dispersed throughout the matrix, wherein the metal organic framework is at least one selected from the group consisting of MIL-101, MIL-100, MIL-53, MOF-74, UiO-66, UiO-67, ZIF-8, ZIFs, HKUST-1, M₂(dobpdc), NU-1000, PCN-222, PCN-224, and derivatives thereof.