US Patent Issued to The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, University of Connecticut on June 23 for "Nanotubes in porous particles" (Louisiana, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,634, issued on June 23, was assigned to The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans) and University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.).

"Nanotubes in porous particles" was invented by Vijay T. John (Destrehan, La.) and Ioulia A. Valla (Storrs, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that allow access to the interior of porous particles by inserting nanotubes into the particles. The compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful in several applications such as in catalytic reactions, plant active delivery, pharmaceutical drug delivery, and in absorbing environmental c...