US Patent Issued to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on June 2 for "Alumina-supported polypyrrole modified oxidized graphitic carbon nitride membrane" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,078, issued on June 2, was assigned to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Alumina-supported polypyrrole modified oxidized graphitic carbon nitride membrane" was invented by Nadeem Baig (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Isam H. Aljundi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Wail Falath (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aluminum oxide-supported polypyrrole-modified oxidized graphitic carbon nitride (Alpha-Al2O3@PPy/O-g-C3N4) membrane includes two layers: a first layer including alumina and a second layer including an oxidized graphitic carbon nitride and a polymerized pyrrole. The carboxylic grou...