Environmental

The invention provides for more rapid and efficient production of clays as a component in polymer-clay nanocomposites used in a variety of commercial applications.

The invention is a process for treating water to reduce pollutants using initial ozonation of the water and a fluidized bed with supporting microorganisms, with an added carbon source to promote efficient breakdown of the organics in the water by the microorganisms.

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.

The invention is a dimensionally stable Pt/diamond composite electrode for use in electrosynthesis, electrochemical-based toxic waste remediation, and energy conversion devices, like fuel cells.

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 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 for making conductive, nanocrystalline diamond potentially used as a non-toxic electrode for electroanalysis applications.

This invention provides a method and handheld device for rapidly detecting microorganisms based upon a change of impedance as a result of the microorganism being bound between spaced interdigitated electrodes.