ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,352, issued on April 21, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Emulsion, emulsion gel electrolyte, aerogel, as well as preparation method and use" was invented by Jingcheng Hao (Jinan, China), Wenna Wu (Jinan, China), Xiaoli Chen (Jinan, China), Li Liu (Jinan, China) and Shuli Dong (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emulsion, an emulsion gel electrolyte, an aerogel, as well as a preparation method and a use; wherein the emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion. An oil phase is a solution of decane dispersed with an upconversion nanomaterial and a water phase contains a polymerizable ionic liquid. The gel elec...