ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,138, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Multiphase heterojunction nanomaterial, preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Jianping Lang (Suzhou, China), Jiangyan Xue (Suzhou, China) and Chunyuan Ni (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the technical field of nano-materials, and specifically provides a method for preparing multiphase heterojunction nanomaterials. The method comprises the following steps: providing a substrate loaded with a NiMoO4 precursor; dissolving a selenium powder in hydrazine hydrate, adding water or sodium molybdate aqueous ...