ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,971, issued on July 15, was assigned to Chongqing Research Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences (Chongqing, China).
"Preparation method of monometallic or bimetallic nanoparticle-supported catalyst" was invented by Wei Hu (Chongqing, China), Yaoqiang Chen (Chongqing, China), Rui Yuan (Chongqing, China) and Dan Zhang (Chongqing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preparation method of a monometallic or bimetallic nanoparticle-supported catalyst is disclosed. The synthesis of metal nanoparticles with different shapes, sizes, and atomic structures is affected by nucleation and growth rates. By changing a ratio of strong and weak re...