US Patent Issued to University of Ulsan Foundation for Industry Cooperation on Nov. 11 for "Complex and material containing same for oil-water separation" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,928, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to University of Ulsan Foundation for Industry Cooperation (Ulsan, South Korea).

"Complex and material containing same for oil-water separation" was invented by Byeong-Kyu Lee (Ulsan, South Korea) and Viet Ha Tran Thi (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a complex and a material containing the same for oil-water separation. The preparation process of the complex is simple. The complex shows lipophilicity, superhydrophobicity, and super water-repellency since a zinc oxide particle layer, in which zinc oxide particles are agglomerated in a micro-nano st...