US Patent Issued to Ionic Mineral Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Methods and apparatus of producing silicon nanoparticles" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,505, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ionic Mineral Technologies LLC (Vineyard, Utah).

"Methods and apparatus of producing silicon nanoparticles" was invented by Jake E. Entwistle (Vineyard, Utah) and Andre M. Zeitoun (Vineyard, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing porous silicon particles includes providing a rotary tube furnace including a tube extending between a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening. The method includes providing a silica precursor, a metal reducing agent, and a thermal moderator as a mixture to an interior cavity of the tube through the first opening. The method...