US Patent Issued to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE on March 18 for "Single atom catalyst and method of forming the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,690, issued on March 18, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea) and INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Single atom catalyst and method of forming the same" was invented by Taeghwan Hyeon (Seoul, South Korea) and Byounghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single atom catalyst and a method of forming the same are provided. The single atom catalyst comprises a support comprising a first metal oxide and a second metal atom located in the first metal oxide. The method of forming the single atom catalyst comprises forming a sacrificial nanoparticle, coating...