US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on March 31 for "Chemically functionalized graphene oxide nanoparticle composites, coatings and methods of use thereof" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,002, issued on March 31, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Chemically functionalized graphene oxide nanoparticle composites, coatings and methods of use thereof" was invented by Zach Seibers (Atlanta), Thomas Michael Orlando (Atlanta) and John R. Reynolds (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymeric nanoparticle composites and methods for making and using the same are provided. Nanoparticle coatings and methods for making and using the same are also provided. Further, methods for synthesizing alkylated reduced graphene oxide nanoparticles are provided."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2021, under Applica...