US Patent Issued to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, XOMIX on May 27 for "Composite materials and methods of making and use thereof" (Georgia, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,335, issued on May 27, was assigned to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Atlanta) and XOMIX LTD. (Chicago).

"Composite materials and methods of making and use thereof" was invented by Thien Tran (Atlanta), Daniel Deocampo (Atlanta) and Gary Keller (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are composite materials and methods of making and use thereof. The composite materials comprise: a carbon nanotube and a plurality of ferrihydrite particles disposed on the carbon nanotube, the composite material comprising the plurality of ferrihydrite particles and the carbon nanotube in a weight ratio of from 5:95 ...