US Patent Issued to Khalifa University of Science and Technology on March 25 for "Controlled nanoscale-perforated two dimensional materials and membranes" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,554, issued on March 25, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Controlled nanoscale-perforated two dimensional materials and membranes" was invented by Shashikant P. Patole (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Issam Qattan (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods herein disclosed include methods of producing a nanoporous membrane by coating a planar substrate (204) with a solution (solution tank 201) containing a reactive metal adatom. The coated planar substrate can then be perforated by initiating a redox reaction between the reactive metal ...