US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on Dec. 9 for "Radiation shielding nanocomposite" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,486, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Radiation shielding nanocomposite" was invented by Mohammad Wasef Marashdeh (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Islam Gamal Ibrahim Ali Alhindawy (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Karem Abdelazim Gaber Mahmoud (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Mamduh Jamil Aljaafreh (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanocomposite includes a zirconia matrix and a metal oxide dispersed in the zirconia matrix and selected from the group consisting of bismuth oxide and tungsten oxide. The nanocomposite is in the form of nanoparticles having an average size of...