US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on May 12 for "Polyamide-functionalized silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles-based ceramic membrane for separating an oil and water mixture" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,143, issued on May 12, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Polyamide-functionalized silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles-based ceramic membrane for separating an oil and water mixture" was invented by Umair Baig (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdul Waheed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic membrane includes an alumina (Al2O3) layer; and a polyamide nanocomposite layer at least partially covering a surface of the alumina layer. The polyamide nanocomposite layer contains polyamide-functionalized silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles having an average particle si...