Nanostructured Sorbent Materials for Capturing Environmental Mercury Vapor

The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent material, in one embodiment, is nano-particles. In a preferred embodiment, the nano-particles are unstabilized nano-Se. Next, the sorbent material is exposed to mercury in an environment. As a result, the sorbent material captures and stabilizes mercury from the environment. In the preferred embodiment, the environment is an indoor space in which a fluorescent has broken.

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Patents:
US 20,110,052,463

Inventor(s): HURT ROBERT H [US]; HAMBURG STEVEN P [US]; SARIN LOVE [US]; KULAOTS INDREK [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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