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> I was hoping to hear more about his cat litter work Of course it could be a different Lin Wang working in this area, but it looks like he has a few patents for new absorbent materials and related things [0, 1]. [0] https://patents.google.com/patent/US5849405A/en?inventor=Lin... [1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US7757638B2/en
Cat Litter (and other absorbency products like diapers) are one of the most competitive areas of consumer material science. I read a great article about how there is continual pressure the shrink the shelf space they take from super markets, and that has led to some pretty interesting breakthroughs in science. I can't find the article now of course.
If you ever refind that article, please send it to me.