US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS on July 14 for "Catalyst, method of preparation, and methods involving hydrosilylation" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,916, issued on July 14, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Ill.).

"Catalyst, method of preparation, and methods involving hydrosilylation" was invented by Damien Guironnet (Urbana, Ill.) and Susannah Miller (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst for hydrosilylation is provided. The catalyst comprises a nanoparticle having a surface and a plurality of ligands are tethered to the surface of the nanoparticle. Each ligand includes an independently selected cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group having one unsaturated moiety. Platinum is bonded to the unsaturated moiety the cyclic ali...