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A compound that inhibits mycotoxin production, specifically, aflatoxin and deoxynivalenol (DON), for use as a post-harvest treatment for seeds, nuts and grains. A screening test for compounds that inhibit mycotoxin production, for the identification and development of new anti-mycotoxin compounds.

Method for producing ultrastable porous aluminosilicate structures for industrial catalysis in petroleum refinement and chemical conversion of large molecules.

Method for making a gamma-alumina catalyst high high surface area and large interconnected pores of well-defined size, making it a promising candidate for efficient production of a wide variety of chemical compounds.

The technology is a material and process to obtain ultrastable organofunctional microporous to mesoporous silica compositions for industrial catalysis. The process provides for tuning pore sizes and functionalizing over 20% of the framework's surface.

An osmium catalyzed oxidative cleavage of olefins to produce aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters or ketones. This method is safer, more efficient, and more selective then existing methods such as those using ozonolysis or other oxidant.

A porous aluminosilicate material for catalytic processes and process for achieving tunable pore sizes for optimizing catalytic conversion of fluids including industrial scale processes such as petroleum refinement.

The technology creates graphite nanoplatelets of less than 200 microns in size from expanded graphite composites by using selected chemicals and microwave or radio wave treatment.

The technology is a cost-effective preparation of organofunctional mesostructured molecular sieves for toxic, heavy metal ion trapping and heterogeneous catalysis. The process uses sodium silicate starting materials rather than more expensive alkoxides to form tunable pore sizes and to attach organic groups along the surface of the pores.

Ongoing research at MSU promises the catalytic synthesis of a polymer with intrinsically high conductivity, with a variety of potential commercial applications.

Method of fluid injection and retrieval that is intended to improve the performance of bioreactor landfills.