ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,152, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. (Calgary, Canada).
"Mechanochemical process to produce exfoliated nanoparticles" was invented by Apoorva Sinha (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mechanochemical process to produce exfoliated nanoparticles comprising the steps of providing a solid feedstock comprising a carbonaceous and/or mineral-based material; providing a flow of an oxidizing gas; introducing the solid feedstock and the flow of an oxidizing gas into a mechanical agitation unit, subjecting the material of the solid feedstock in the presence of the oxid...