Technology
Our membrane technology provides an effective way to produce defect free membranes. This cost efficient technology is ideal for many applications, such as carbon dioxide capture in power plant exhaust and confined environment, clean fuel production and water purification for medical use.                                                                                          Industrial  Building on our separation expertise, we developed a full line separation solution for our customer.  The technology includes optimization of conventional separation techniques (such as extraction, evaporation/distillation, filtration, crystallization, chromatography, etc) for specific materials. We also developed a new membrane-based separation to reduce energy and operation cost for gases, water and chemical separations. The defect free membrane technology extends naturally to thin-film or coating technology. Our propietory hard coat is developed for fingerprint and scratch resistant light transparent applications. We continue to seek utilization of our core technology in areas such as bio and medical applications.

Research Projects                                                                                                          Our past and current research projects include:                                                                   * Novel Composite Membrane for Space Life Supporting System (NASA Funded) More
* Novel Dual-Functional Membrane for Controlling Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Power Plants (DOE Funded) More
* Novel Foul-Resistant Nano-Pervaporation Membrane for Medical Water Generation (NASA Funded) More
* Sulfur-Resistant, Ultrathin Dense Silica Membrane for Production of High-Purity Hydrogen at Elevated Temperatures (DOE Funded) More
* Sub-10 nm protective coating on high-temperature hydrogen purification membrane (NSF Funded)                                                                                 * A Cost-Effective Material Recovery Technology from Feasibility to Production (Non-Disclosed Customer)
* A UV Cured Steel Wool Abrasion Resistant Super Hard Clear Coating (Non-Disclosed Customer)

Collaboration
We have strong collaboration with universities and national laboratories and are constantly seeking collaboration to bring new technologies to market. Our collaborations include Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico and the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities.

Customer
Our customers include Federal agents (NASA, DOE and NSF) and commercial companies.

Partnership Opportunity                                                                Partnership opportunities are endless. On technical expertise, we are a world leader in separation and membrane technology innovation. Our expertise is in hard-to-separate and highly valuable materials. Our technology applies readily to solid, liquid and gas separations. Our core technology also extends to thin film and coating applications. On facility, our state-of-the-art R&D facility houses a membrane and material synthesis laboratory, a material characterization laboratory, a machine shop, and a pilot-scale and production facility. We are capable of providing a localized clean-room environment with humidity control. We offer exciting partnership opportunities in:

* Intellectual property development                                                                                    * Prototype development                                                                                                  * Chemical process development                                                                                      * Pilot and small-scale production

If you are interested to partner with us in any of these areas, please contact us for more details. We are happy to help.