US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on June 2 for "Multifunctional soft diode for artificial systems" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,909, issued on June 2, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Multifunctional soft diode for artificial systems" was invented by Wen Song (Austin, Texas) and Thomas C. Underwood (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Artificial material systems that seek to mimic the basic processes of life must perform multiple complex functions including responsiveness, motion, and metabolism. Networks of programmable materials offer a pathway toward achieving these functions by altering local chemical, physical, and structural properties to enable control. We demonstrate the ability to perform mult...