Feasibility Study for the Use of Green, Bio-Based, Efficient Reactive Sorbent Material to Neutralize Chemical Warfare Agents

Abstract

Over the past several years the ultimate goal in our laboratories has been to develop new strategies for the transformation of the a variety of lignocellulosic resources into value-added materials and chemicals based on environmentally sustainable and economically viable processing platforms, with ILs playing a central role in these transformations. To this effect we have accumulated a thorough understanding of the way cellulose, lignin and hemicelluloses interact as well as whole wood dissolution occurs in ILs. The present project was conducted to effect the transformation of cellulose and/or related biopolymers to effect the detoxification of harmful reagents, specifically nerve agents, through a careful and mechanistic study of their interactions and ultimate adsorption and detoxification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 02, 2012
Accession Number
ADA582167

Entities

People

  • Dimitri S. Argyropoulos
  • Lucian A. Lucia
  • Sanghamitra Sen

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

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  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Biopolymers
  • Cellulose
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Nerve Agents
  • North Carolina
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer

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