ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,140, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ROGERS Corp. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Multifferoic R-type hexaferrite, a composite and an article comprising the R-type hexaferrite, and a method of making the same" was invented by Yajie Chen (Chandler, Ariz.) and Qifan Li (Burlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, an R-type ferrite has the formula: Me'3Me2TiFe12O25, wherein Me' is at least one of Ba2+ or Sr2+ and Me is at least one of Co2+, Mg2+, Cu2+, or Zn2+. In another aspect, a composite or an article comprises the R-type ferrite. In yet another aspect, a method of making a R-type ferrite comprises milling ferrite precur...