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Upcycling of Polyvinyl Chloride into Polyalphaolefin Lubricants
THE CHALLENGE
Polyvinyl chloride PVC creates a major business and sustainability challenge because its high chlorine content and complex additive mixtures make cost effective recycling difficult at industrial scale. Mechanical recycling often produces low value materials, while chemical and thermal methods generate chlorinated intermediates that require...
Published: 6/23/2026
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Updated: 6/23/2026
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Inventor(s): Guoliang Liu, Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza, Connor Thompson, Abby Civiello
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
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Solvent-resistant Self-crosslinked Poly(ether imide)s
THE CHALLENGE
One of the major challenges facing the commercialization of high-performance polymers like poly(ether imide) lies in balancing their excellent thermal and mechanical properties with the need for strong resistance to harsh organic solvents—an essential requirement in industries such as coatings, electronics, and membranes. While...
Published: 6/25/2025
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Updated: 4/16/2025
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Inventor(s): Guoliang Liu, Zhen Xu, Alan Esker, Gehui Liu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
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Carbon Fiber with Uniform Pore Size
THE CHALLENGE
Carbon fibers are used in a wide range of industries and applications including composites, catalysis, sensing, energy conversions and storage and membrane filtration. One approach to make carbon fibers utilizes electrospinning of block copolymers. However, due to challenges associated with the technique, it can be difficult to produce...
Published: 6/30/2025
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Updated: 4/9/2025
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Inventor(s): Guoliang Liu, Zhengping Zhou
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Electronics
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Thin Film to Improve Lithium Batteries
THE CHALLENGE
Lithium ion batteries are extremely popular in modern electronics due to their high energy and power density as well as a lack of memory effect. Unfortunately, Li ion batteries are hampered with problems involving internal short circuits due to lithium dendrite growth. Current coating technologies used to impede dendrite formation have...
Published: 10/20/2025
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Updated: 11/7/2023
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Inventor(s): Guoliang Liu, Dong Guo
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications > Energy
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