ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,483, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to New York University (New York).

"Silver nanostructures thin film for infrared photodetector" was invented by Ayaskanta Sahu (Smithtown, N.Y.), Havard Molnas (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Shlok Joseph Paul (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product comprises a thin film comprising metal nanostructures in an optically transparent polymer, wherein a loading of the metal nanostructures ranges from 5-50 wt % and having a sheet resistance less than 20 Ohm/sq. Related devices and methods are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2024, under Application No. 18/804,273.

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