US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on April 22 for "System and method for making boron oxide nanoparticles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,021, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"System and method for making boron oxide nanoparticles" was invented by Roshini Ramachandran (West Hollywood, Calif.), Jessica K. Logan (Los Angeles) and Alexander M. Spokoyny (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making boron oxide nanoparticles. The method can comprise sonochemically treating a composition comprising a boron oxide to form boron oxide nanoparticles. The method allows for the formation of these nanoparticles from non-toxic, inexpensive reagents and ambient reaction conditions. Additionally, the na...