ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,073, issued on May 12, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Method for characterizing melting transition and crystallization in a semicrystalline polymer" was invented by Kailong Jin (Phoenix) and Richard Nile (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for characterizing a melting transition in a semicrystalline polymer is disclosed. The method includes incorporating a fluorophore into the semicrystalline polymer, changing a temperature of the semicrystalline polymer to vary across a range of temperatures including a plurality of temperatures, and capturing an ...