US Patent Issued to Duke University on Oct. 6 for "Multimodal metallization systems for thermoregulation and methods thereof" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,510, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Multimodal metallization systems for thermoregulation and methods thereof" was invented by Po-Chun Hsu (Durham, N.C.), Xiuqiang Li (Durham, N.C.), Boran Ma (Durham, N.C.) and Catherine Brinson (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a multimodal adaptive textile with moisture-responsive flaps composed of a nylon/metal heterostructure, which can simultaneously regulate convection, sweat evaporation, and mid-infrared emission to accomplish heat transfer tuning in response to human perspiration vapor. A metal layer contributes to...