ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,184, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Jackson State University (Jackson, Miss.).
"Method for continuous growth of water-soluble magnetic nanomaterials" was invented by Yongfeng Zhao (Edwardsville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a method for synthesizing water-soluble metal oxide nanoparticles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes heating a first reaction mixture at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time duration with continuous stirring to obtain a second reaction mixture that comprises water-soluble metal oxide nanoparticles of a first size. The first reaction mixture includes a re...