US Patent Issued to Alliance for Energy Innovation on Sept. 1 for "In situ biasing and freezing of cyrogenic electron microscopy samples" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,955, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Alliance for Energy Innovation LLC (Golden, Colo.).

"In situ biasing and freezing of cyrogenic electron microscopy samples" was invented by Nikita Susan Dutta Fitzcharles (Denver), Rory Patrick Andrykowski (Sedalia, Colo.), Steven Scott Robbins (Arvada, Colo.) and Katherine Leigh Jungjohann (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are devices and methods for flash freezing samples while applying an in situ electrical current or bias. Advantageously, the present application is directed towards materials, such as batteries or electrochemical cells, where applying an elect...