US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on May 27 for "Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using L-tryptophan as a fuel" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,250, issued on May 27, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using L-tryptophan as a fuel" was invented by Ehab Abdelhamed Abdelrahman Ahmed (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Babiker Yagoub Elhadi Abdulkhair (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of synthesizing zinc oxide nanoparticles includes mixing an aqueous solution of a zinc precursor and an aqueous solution of L-tryptophan to form a reaction mixture and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of at least 100deg C. to produce a dry powder. The method further includes calcin...