US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on Nov. 4 for "Functionalized silica nanoparticles for lead adsorption" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,948, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Functionalized silica nanoparticles for lead adsorption" was invented by Mohamed Abdelaty Habila (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Ahmad Saud Abdullah Alobaysi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Ibrahim Aljammaz (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Zeid Abdullah Alothman (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing silica nanoparticles, the method comprising: adding centrimonium bromide (CTAB) to a water and ethanol to create a first reaction mixture; adding NH4OH to the reaction mixture to create a second reaction mixture; adding a first amount of te...