Karen E Swider Lyons

Title: Karen E. Swider Lyons and Mesoporous Composite Gels and Aerogels.

Introduction

Karen E. Swider Lyons is an inventor associated with Arlington, Virginia, and the U.S. Navy. Her patent describes a method for creating mesoporous composite gels and aerogels, materials designed to retain open pores while binding particles into a solid structure.

Latest Patents

The supplied information identifies one patent for Karen E. Swider Lyons: “Mesoporous Composite Gels and Aerogels.” The invention combines particulate material, such as colloidal or dispersed solids or powders, with a sol that is about to gel or has just begun gelation. The mixture is then allowed to form a solid composite with open pores and dried in a way that helps prevent those pores from collapsing. In the resulting material, the gel acts as a “nanoglue” that holds the particles together.

Career Highlights

Swider Lyons’s listed patent work is associated with the U.S. Navy, represented by the Secretary of the Navy. The invention focuses on a process for producing porous composite materials while preserving their structure during drying. The supplied data credits her with 1 patent.

Collaborations

Debra R. Rolison and Catherine A. Morris are identified as Swider Lyons’s coworkers. Their shared association provides context for the research environment connected with her patent.

Conclusion

Karen E. Swider Lyons’s patent presents a method for forming particle-containing gels and aerogels that retain open pores, with the gel serving as a binding “nanoglue” within the composite.