	US 11,850,568 B2
	Selenium nanomaterials and methods of making and using same
Abdennour Abbas, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Snober Ahmed, North Saint Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,099.
Application 17/370,099 is a continuation of application No. 15/768,389, granted, now 11,090,629, previously published as PCT/US2016/056850, filed on Oct. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/240,764, filed on Oct. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331137 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 20/02 (2006.01); A01N 59/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/32 (2006.01); C01B 19/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/02 (2006.01); C02F 101/20 (2006.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 20/0262 (2013.01) [A01N 59/02 (2013.01); B01D 53/02 (2013.01); B01J 20/28007 (2013.01); B01J 20/28045 (2013.01); B01J 20/3204 (2013.01); B01J 20/3206 (2013.01); B01J 20/3212 (2013.01); B01J 20/3234 (2013.01); C01B 19/02 (2013.01); C02F 1/281 (2013.01); C02F 1/288 (2013.01); B01D 2253/10 (2013.01); B01D 2253/25 (2013.01); B01D 2257/602 (2013.01); C01P 2002/82 (2013.01); C01P 2004/01 (2013.01); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/32 (2013.01); C01P 2004/52 (2013.01); C01P 2004/62 (2013.01); C02F 2101/20 (2013.01); C02F 2103/007 (2013.01); C02F 2305/08 (2013.01); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05)]

17 Claims

1. A method of preparing a selenium nanomaterial comprising:

forming a saccharide coating on a surface of a solid support material,

treating the solid support material having the saccharide coating on the surface with a selenous acid solution, and

heating the solid support material to form the selenium nanomaterial on the surface of the solid porous support material.