US Patent Issued to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM on Sept. 30 for "Magnetic nanoparticles for removal of particulate waste" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,501, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas).

"Magnetic nanoparticles for removal of particulate waste" was invented by Leisha Martin (College Station, Texas) and Wei Xu (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coated magnetic nanoparticles and methods for attracting, isolating, and/or removing of particulate waste from environments are provided. A coated magnetic nanoparticle may include an iron-containing core surrounded by a hydrophobic or amphiphilic coating. This coating can include a functional group based on PDMS such as C-PDMS, PDMS-co-APMS, and/or PDMS-OH bl...