ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,951, issued on April 21, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (Eugene, Ore.).
"Method for producing a water-repellent textile" was invented by Jordan D. Levine (Portland, Ore.), Alex Q. Rosen (Eugene, Ore.), Darren W. Johnson (Eugene, Ore.) and Tawney A. Knecht (Eugene, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-repellent textile is produce by applying to a textile a solution of Al13 nanoclusters or aluminum nitrate or hydrates of aluminum nitrate in a solvent to produce a wetted textile; and photo-annealing the wetted textile with ultraviolet light having a wavelength in the range of 180 nm to 260 nm to produce an Al2O3 coating on...