US Patent Issued to Kansas State University Research Foundation on March 17 for "Printed graphene electrochemical phosphate sensors" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,301, issued on March 17, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Printed graphene electrochemical phosphate sensors" was invented by Suprem R. Das (Manhattan, Kan.), Rajavel Krishnamoorthy (Manhattan, Kan.) and Thiba Nagaraja (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Graphene-based electrochemical sensors and uses thereof in detecting and measuring the concentration of a target substance with a sample are provided. In particular, the sensors, comprising electrodes printed from a graphene ink, can be configured to monitor phosphate ion concentration in the environment, including within so...