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Destructing Organic Compounds in Liquids

VALUE PROPOSITION Per and Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a group of human-derived chemicals widely used in consumer products and industry applications that can be toxic. PFAS are difficult to deconstruct and current ways for PFAS destruction present many limitations. These limitations include the systems being ineffective at removing short...
Published: 3/10/2025   |   Inventor(s): Qi Hua Fan
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Environment

Light Scattering Fiber with Enhanced Side Emission for Photobioreactors

Executive Summary Photobioreactors are used to cultivate various photosynthetic microorganisms to produce useful materials such as biofuels, value added chemicals. These systems regulate key factors including light, temperature, carbon dioxide concentration, and nutrients. A key challenge with photobioreactors is getting enough light into the medium...
Published: 4/3/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xinyue Liu, Yijie Cheng
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Environmental, Chemicals, Biotechnology, Photonics

Process for Plasma Functionalizing of Graphene

Immersion in DI Water. A = C4F8 treated, B = O2 treated, C is Raw graphene Executive Summary Graphene has remained an attractive material due to its excellent intrinsic mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. However, due to the chemically inert nature of the basal plane, significant engineering and/or chemical treatments of graphene are needed...
Published: 3/7/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Johnson, Andre Lee, Qi Hua Fan
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Chemicals, Manufacturing Equipment, Nanotechnology

Process for producing a Cyano ring-substituted Arene borane

Executive Summary In the pharmaceutical industry, organoboron complexes are key building blocks for drug manufacturing, versatile reagents for high-throughput parallel synthesis in drug discovery and exhibit some useful and unique biological activities. However, conventional synthesis routes can be complex and involve undesirable reagents. MSU researchers...
Published: 4/1/2024   |   Inventor(s): Milton Smith, Iii, Robert Maleczka, Ghayoor Chotana
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Pharmaceutical

Process for Chemical Recycling of Multilayer & Metallized Plastic Packaging Films

Executive Summary In order to combat the growth of global plastic waste, pyrolysis processes have been developed to turn this waste material into gases, oils and waxes. However, these processes usually require high operating temperatures, expensive catalysts and restrictions on the type of plastics they can handle. Researchers at Michigan State University...
Published: 6/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): Muhammad Rabnawaz, Mohamed Abdelwahed, Ganapathi Anurag
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Recycling

Biosynthetic Route to Phloroglucinol Synthesis

Executive Summary: Phloroglucinol (1,3,5 trihydroxybenzene) is used in the production of a plethora of applications such as explosive or propellant compounds, medicaments, cosmetics, dyes, and others which make it such a sought-after resource. However, Phloroglucinol is difficult to synthesize by chemical synthesis and alternative routes are desired....
Published: 8/10/2023   |   Inventor(s): John Frost
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Pharmaceutical

Boron Based Catalysts for Cycloaddition Reactions

Executive Summary Increasing there is greater interest in replacing petroleum based chemicals with bio-based alternatives. The packaging market in particular, has actively sought “greener” alternatives for important materials such as poly(ethylene terephthalate), a.k.a. PET. MSU researchers have developed a new catalyst and method to make...
Published: 8/1/2023   |   Inventor(s): John Frost, Peng Zhang
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Packaging

Machining Lubricant Containing Exfoliated Graphite

Executive Summary Machining processes in high production environment usually adopt flood cooling with water-based lubricants and various chemicals. In order to minimize the lubricant use and waste (which also eliminate centralized pumping stations), minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) techniques have been adopted, which generate mist of oil droplets....
Published: 6/16/2023   |   Inventor(s): Patrick Kwon, Lawrence Drzal
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Nanotechnology, Chemicals, Materials

Efficient Room Temperature, Ambient Pressure Liquid Ammonia Storage System

Executive Summary Liquid ammonia is current stored and transported in very large quantities in refrigerated units, railcars, tanker trucks and pressurized containers. While the majority of existing uses are as a nitrogen fertilizer for agricultural uses, increasing attention has been turned to ammonia as a green, carbon free energy storage medium for...
Published: 5/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Mi Chenija, Reza Ghazfar, Milton Smith, Iii, Thomas Hamann
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Transportation

Synthesis of Caprolactam from Lysine

Executive Summary Caprolactam is used in important polymer products such as the polyamide Nylon 6. Most Caprolactam is produced from petroleum based feedstocks and there is a desire for a more sustainable route for making the monomer. MSU researchers have developed a technology for synthesizing epsilon-caprolactam from L-lysine with yields up to 75%...
Published: 5/25/2023   |   Inventor(s): John Frost
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Environmental
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