US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Aug. 19 for "Magnetic nanoparticle-coated porous materials for recovery of contaminants" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,790, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Magnetic nanoparticle-coated porous materials for recovery of contaminants" was invented by Stephanie M. Ribet (Kensington, Calif.), Vikas Nandwana (Evanston, Ill.) and Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Magnetic nanoparticle coated porous materials for recovering a contaminant from contaminated water are provided. In embodiments, such a material comprises a porous substrate having a solid matrix defining a plurality of pores distributed through the solid matrix and further comprising a coating comprising magnetic nanopart...