US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, the University of Texas System on Nov. 3 for "Amorphous silica-based nanoparticles and methods of making the same" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,672, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Amorphous silica-based nanoparticles and methods of making the same" was invented by Venu Varanasi (Austin, Texas), Pranesh Aswath (Austin, Texas), Kamal Awad (Austin, Texas) and Marco Brotto (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method comprising a) forming a mixture comprising: i) an aromatic nitrogen-containing compound, ii) a saccharide; and iii) a silica precursor; b) adding an amount of water to the mixture to initiate a condensation reaction; and c) precipitating a plurality of amorphous silica...