US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on March 11 for "Oleophilic hydrophobic magnetic porous materials" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,968, issued on March 11, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Oleophilic hydrophobic magnetic porous materials" was invented by Vikas Nandwana (Evanston, Ill.) and Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oleophilic-hydrophobic-magnetic (OHM) porous materials are provided. In embodiments, an OHM porous material comprises a porous substrate having a solid matrix defining a plurality of pores distributed through the solid matrix, the OHM porous material further comprising a coating of a nanocomposite on surfaces of the solid matrix. The nanocomposite comprises a multilayer stack of a plura...