US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on June 3 for "Stabilization of reactive oxygen species in ceria-based composite aerogels" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,761, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Stabilization of reactive oxygen species in ceria-based composite aerogels" was invented by Paul A. DeSario (Alexandria, Va.), Debra R. Rolison (Arlington, Va.), Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Va.), Robert B. Balow (Mount Rainier, Md.) and Travis G. Novak (Lorton, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition having a gadolinium-, samarium-, or lanthanum-substituted porous cerium oxide and copper or gold nanoparticles. The composition can be exposed to electromagnetic radiation to form ...