ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,911, issued on Jan. 20.
"Composition and methods" was invented by Robert Raja (Southhampton Hampshire, Great Britain) and Daniel Stewart (Southhampton Hampshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition comprising: a bulk material; and at least one surface; the bulk material comprising ions of a metal M bonded to one another via linker groups; the surface comprising ions of a metal M' bonded to one another via linker groups; the metals M and M' being the same or different; the surface comprising at least one first site A and at least one second, different site B; the site A having a hydroxyl group bonded thereto; th...