Patent ID: 8852523

Claim:
A mass transfer system comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets; and a three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material within the housing for a mass transfer application, wherein the housing is configured with the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material to transport a first stream to contact a second stream to pass one or more material masses from the first stream to the second stream; wherein the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material comprises: a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction; a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self- propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction; and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction, wherein the first, second, and third truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of first nodes to form a first continuous material; and wherein the inlets and outlets are configured to transport a plurality of streams to and from the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material for the mass transfer application.