US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Aug. 12 for "Ion-selective separation by shock electrodialysis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,866, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Ion-selective separation by shock electrodialysis" was invented by Martin Z. Bazant (Wellesley, Mass.) and Kameron Conforti (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ion-selective separation by shock electrodialysis is performed by applying a voltage differential between electrodes across a porous medium to selectively draw a first species in a liquid toward at least one of the electrodes to a greater degree than a degree to which a second species in the liquid is drawn toward the same electrode. The voltage differential creates ...