US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on Feb. 18 for "Synthesis of nanosized cubic lithium lanthanum zirconate fast ion conductor" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,427, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Synthesis of nanosized cubic lithium lanthanum zirconate fast ion conductor" was invented by Jon Mark Weller (Phoenix) and Candace Chan (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synthesizing lithium lanthanum zirconate includes combining a reagent composition with a salt composition to yield a molten salt reaction medium, wherein the reagent composition comprises a lithium component, a lanthanum component, and zirconium component having a lithium:lanthanum:zirconium molar ratio of about 7:3:2; heating the molten ...