ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,038, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to NINGBO MICHI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).
"Piezoelectric polylactic acid material and preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Hongwei Bai (Beijing), Shihao Deng (Beijing), Qiang Fu (Beijing), Zeshuang Qiao (Beijing), Qin Zhang (Beijing) and Ke Wang (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric polylactic acid material has a layered stacking structure, and a porous structure is formed between stacked layers. The piezoelectric polylactic acid material has a piezoelectric constant of 5.2-35.3 pC/N, has the ability to efficiently catalyze dye/pigment degradat...