ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,705, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Two-dimensional mesoporous superlattices of inorganic materials and method of making and using same" was invented by Ulrich B. Wiesner (Ithaca, N.Y.), Kai Ma (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Tangi Aubert (Ghent, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Porous compositions and methods of making and using same. The compositions may be one or more layer(s) of mesoporous inorganic materials. The mesoporous inorganic material(s) may be a plurality of inorganic nanocages, which may be microporous. A composition may include homostacks of layers of the same inorganic mesoporous ...