Methods for removing organic compounds from nano-composite materials
First Claim
1. A method for removing an organic compound from a nano-composite material which comprises the organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic compound structure, said method comprising exposing the nano-composite material to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than visible light under conditions sufficient to selectively remove the organic compound from the nano-composite material to produce a microporous inorganic material, wherein the nano-composite material is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation in the presence of oxygen gas.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for selectively removing organic compound from a nano-composite material which comprises the organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic compound structure. In particular, methods of the present invention comprise irradiating the nano-composite material with electromagnetic radiation wavelength that is shorter than the wavelength of visible light.
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35 Claims
- 1. A method for removing an organic compound from a nano-composite material which comprises the organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic compound structure, said method comprising exposing the nano-composite material to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than visible light under conditions sufficient to selectively remove the organic compound from the nano-composite material to produce a microporous inorganic material, wherein the nano-composite material is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation in the presence of oxygen gas.
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8. A method for producing a structured microporous inorganic material, said method comprising:
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(a) producing a nano-composite material from a mixture comprising an organic compound and an inorganic compound such that the organic compound is dispersed within a first structured solid inorganic compound structure; and
(b) removing the organic compound from the nano-composite material by exposing the nano-composite material to an electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than visible light under conditions sufficient to produce the structured microporous inorganic material, wherein exposure of the nano-composite material to the electromagnetic radiation is conducted in the presence of oxygen gas. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for producing a microporous inorganic oxide material, said method comprising:
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preparing a reaction mixture capable of forming an inorganic oxide, wherein the reaction mixture also comprises an organic compound;
producing a nano-composite material from the reaction mixture, wherein the nano-composite material comprises the organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic oxide structure; and
selectively removing the organic compound by exposing the nano-composite material to an electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than visible light to produce the microporous inorganic oxide material, wherein said exposing the nano-composite material to the electromagnetic radiation is conducted in the presence of oxygen gas. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for producing a microporous inorganic material, said method comprising:
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producing a nano-composite material which comprises an organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic compound structure; and
selectively removing the organic compound from the nano-composite material to produce the microporous inorganic material by irradiating the nano-composite material with light having a wavelength shorter than visible light under conditions sufficient to selectively remove the organic compound from the nano-composite material, wherein said irradiating the nano-composite material is conducted in the presence of oxygen gas. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method for producing a crystalline inorganic material comprising:
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producing a crystalline nano-composite material which comprises an organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic crystalline structure; and
selectively removing the organic compound by exposing the nano-composite material to light having a wavelength smaller than the wavelength of visible light under conditions sufficient to produce the crystalline inorganic material, wherein said exposing the nano-composite material is conducted in the presence of oxygen gas. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method for producing a microporous inorganic material comprising:
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producing a nano-composite material, wherein the nano-composite material comprises a majority of individual organic molecule that is separated from other organic molecules within a solid inorganic material framework; and
selectively removing the organic molecules from the nano-composite material by exposing the nano-composite material to deep ultraviolet light under conditions sufficient to produce the microporous inorganic material, wherein the nano-composite material is exposed to deep ultraviolet light in the presence of oxygen.
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