US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Nov. 4 for "MOF-fabric composites and methods of MOF-fabric composite synthesis" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,825, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"MOF-fabric composites and methods of MOF-fabric composite synthesis" was invented by Sarah Morgan (Raleigh, N.C.), Gregory Parsons (Raleigh, N.C.) and Morgan Leyonna Willis (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are MOF-fabric composites having a crystalline MOF adhered directly to fibers of the fabric and methods of making MOF-fabric composites. A solution is adsorbed onto a fabric. The solution can include a metal salt, a linker, and a solvent. The solution is adsorbed onto the fabric and the fabric suspended over a heated vapor....