US Patent Issued to CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG on Nov. 11 for "Method of floculation using a metal-organic-framework" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,748, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Method of floculation using a metal-organic-framework" was invented by Wenxiong Wang (Hong Kong) and Yiling Li (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of flocculation, wherein harmful cyanobacteria are flocculated via metal-organic framework, and wherein the metal-organic framework comprises chromium, which is environmentally friendly. Water-stable Cr(III)-based MOFs, structured as NH2-MIL-101, remove harmful algal blooms, such as Microcystis aeruginosa, from natural water sources by promoting flo...