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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Cajetan Ikenna Nlebedim, Ames, IA (US);
Abhishek Sarkar, Kanpur, IN;
Pranav Shrotriya, Ames, IA (US);
Denis Prodius, Ames, IA (US);
Ho-Won Noh, Ames, IA (US);
Thomas Lograsso, Ames, IA (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
A compound or complex containing a rare earth element is impinged with a pulsed laser that is so controlled as to photochemically reduce and obtain a rare earth metal (REM). A mixture of REM salts can be impinged using laser light tuned to selectively reduce a particular rare earth-containing salt of the mixture to separate out as its respective rare earth metal.
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