US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on Sept. 8 for "Tunable nano-structured inkjet printed graphene via UV pulsed-laser irradiation for electrochemical sensing" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,442, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Tunable nano-structured inkjet printed graphene via UV pulsed-laser irradiation for electrochemical sensing" was invented by Jonathan Claussen (Ames, Iowa) and Suprem Das (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, method, and system for post-processing a printed graphene ink pattern or other deposition on a substrate. A pulsed UV laser is tunable between various energy densities to selectively modify the printed ink or deposition in electrical or physical properties. In one example, radical improvements in electrical co...