US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on Dec. 30 for "Iron-based nanoparticles and grains" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,238, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Iron-based nanoparticles and grains" was invented by Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minn.), Bin Ma (Roseville, Minn.), Jinming Liu (Minneapolis), Yiming Wu (Shoreview, Minn.) and Yanfeng Jiang (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example nanoparticles may include an iron-based core, and a shell. The shell may include a non-magnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic material. Example alloy compositions may include an iron-based grain, and a grain boundary. The grain boundary may include a non-magnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, or ferrimagn...