ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,488, issued on May 26, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).
"Method for the synthesis of iridium organometallic material" was invented by Robert Dean Sanner (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a method of synthesizing an organometallic iridium monomer compound includes obtaining a dimeric iridium compound having a halogenated bridge, refluxing a mixture comprising the dimeric iridium compound, a base, an ancillary ligand, and 1,2-dimethoxyethane for forming a precipitate of an organometallic iridium monomer, and filtering the refluxed mixture to collec...