Profile overview
Who is Richard B. Kaner?
Richard B. Kaner is an inventor associated with United States. Their documented work in agriculture & water includes Oil–water separation membrane technology, the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.
Richard B. Kaner's NAI profile highlights Oil–water separation membrane technology. Kaner invented the world’s hardest metal, co-invented a membrane that separates oil from water, and holds the first patent on how to synthesize graphene, a single layer of carbon.
What did Richard B. Kaner invent?
NAI Fellow associated with Oil–water separation membrane technology.
What did Richard B. Kaner accomplish?
The official biography identifies its technical significance: Kaner invented the world’s hardest metal, co-invented a membrane that separates oil from water, and holds the first patent on how to synthesize graphene, a single layer of carbon.
What is known about Richard B. Kaner today?
Present in the current NAI Fellows Directory checked 2026-07-27, without the directory’s deceased asterisk marker.
