US Patent Issued to Cornell University on May 26 for "Plasmonic nanostructure and associated cellular imaging systems and methods" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,384, issued on May 26, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Plasmonic nanostructure and associated cellular imaging systems and methods" was invented by Aditya Mahalanabish (Ithaca, N.Y.), He Huang (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Gennady Shvets (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasmonic nanostructure includes a dielectric substrate, a periodic array of dielectric pillars on the dielectric substrate; and, on each dielectric pillar of the periodic array, a respective conductive layer. Each dielectric pillar of the periodic array of dielectric pillars is between the respective conductive layer and the dielectric substrate...