US Patent Issued to Furukawa Electric on May 19 for "Nanocrystal composite" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,665, issued on May 19, was assigned to Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Nanocrystal composite" was invented by Yoshikazu Tsuzuki (Tokyo), Mariko Wakae (Tokyo), Satoshi Aoki (Tokyo), Goro Miyoshi (Tokyo) and Hideki Abe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a nanocrystal composite includes a connected aggregate including a plurality of nanocrystal fragments connected to one another, each nanocrystal fragment having a main surface and an end surface, and nanoparticles supported on the connected aggregate. The plurality of nanocrystal fragments each have a flaky shape; the plurality of nanocrystal fra...