ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,144, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Southwest Minzu University (Chengdu, China).

"Preparation method for Ag and g-C3N4 co-modified ZnO nanocomposite material using polymer network gel method" was invented by Ming Xu (Chengdu, China), Han Li (Chengdu, China), Qiuping Zhang (Chengdu, China), Huan Yuan (Chengdu, China), Fei Yu (Chengdu, China) and Man Song (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preparation method for a silver (Ag) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) co-modified zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite material using a polymer network gel method includes: dispersing zinc oxide, bulk graphitic carbon nitride, and a ...