ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,780, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Quantum Science LTD (Daresbury, Great Britain).
"Lead sulfide nanocrystals, preparation method and uses therof" was invented by Hao Pang (Trafford, Great Britain), Cong-Duan Vo (Altrincham, Great Britain) and Jie Li (Stockport, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides the use of a lead (IV) containing compound to prepare a lead chalcogenide nanocrystal and a method for producing broadband lead chalcogenide nanocrystals in a low cost, size-controllable and scalable method, the method comprising contacting a lead (IV) containing compound with an organic acid and...