US Patent Issued to Nutech Ventures on Oct. 27 for "Core/shell nanoparticle-based devices for sensors and neuromorphic computing" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,658, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Nutech Ventures (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Core/shell nanoparticle-based devices for sensors and neuromorphic computing" was invented by Jeff Shield (Lincoln, Neb.) and Zahra Ahmadi (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are core/shell nanoparticles each comprising a metallic core; a shell formed of a metal oxide and surrounding the metallic core; wherein the nanoparticle is characterized by bipolar resistive switching in response to an applied voltage or current. Also disclosed are devices comprising such nanoparticles, as well as methods of using and methods of making such devi...