US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Aug. 4 for "Production of carbon materials via metal melt spinning" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,209, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Production of carbon materials via metal melt spinning" was invented by Jonah D. Erlebacher (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Gina Reba Greenidge (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transforming a first carbon material into a second carbon material includes preparing a solid metal-carbon alloy including a metal and the first carbon material, heat treating the solid metal-carbon alloy to form a first mixture including the metal and the second carbon material, and contacting the first mixture with a quantity of hydrogen halide to yield a quantity of hydrogen ga...