US Patent Issued to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY on May 12 for "DNA-programmed photonic crystal fabrication processes" (Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,473, issued on May 12, was assigned to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Waltham, Mass.) and PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, N.J.).

"DNA-programmed photonic crystal fabrication processes" was invented by William Benjamin Rogers (Watertown, Mass.), Alexander Hensley (Waltham, Mass.) and William M. Jacobs (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-step process is provided for forming large photonic single crystals of about 0.1 millimeter and greater via DNA coated colloidal particles. The two-step process generally include decoupling the nucleation and growth steps. In particular, DNA colloidal particles are partitioned in nanoliter droplets fo...