US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on June 2 for "Phase change adsorbents for chemical storage and separation applications" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,087, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Phase change adsorbents for chemical storage and separation applications" was invented by Ever O. Velasquez (Berkeley, Calif.), Mercedes K. Taylor (Berkeley, Calif.), Colin A. Gould (Berkeley, Calif.) and Jeffrey R. Long (Lafayette, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal organic frameworks are provided that exhibit a reversible phase change from a collapsed state to an expanded state. Due to this material property, these adsorbents exhibit stepped isotherms that have relevance in chemical storage and separations. The metal organ...