US Patent Issued to Aspen Aerogels on May 19 for "Silicon nanoparticles and methods for preparing silicon nanoparticles" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,521, issued on May 19, was assigned to Aspen Aerogels Inc. (Northborough, Mass.).

"Silicon nanoparticles and methods for preparing silicon nanoparticles" was invented by Wei Xie (Everett, Mass.), Zhifei Li (Marlborough, Mass.), Roxana Trifu (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Harris Miller (Sharon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Silicon nanoparticles and methods for preparation of silicon nanoparticles are provided. Embodiments include a method for grinding silicon. Methods include providing silicon material, providing a grinding liquid including a polar solvent, and grinding the silicon material in the presence of the grinding liquid to yi...