US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 11 for "Platinum nanoparticle deposition on a series of UiO metal-organic frameworks" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,295, issued on March 11, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Platinum nanoparticle deposition on a series of UiO metal-organic frameworks" was invented by Hannah Marie Ashberry (Alexandria, Va.), Albert Epshteyn (Potomac, Md.), James A. Ridenour (Arlington, Va.), William A. Maza (Silver Spring, Md.) and Olga Baturina (Burke, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Deposition of Pt nanoparticles on UiO metal organic frameworks via solvothermal reduction is achieved by reducing Pt acetylacetonate (Pt(acac)2) in a UiO-66 and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF...