ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,406, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Compositions and methods for deposition of ultrathin nanoparticle films" was invented by Binil Itty Ipe Kandapallil (Long Beach, Calif.), Siji Thomas (Long Beach, Calif.), Juliana Sanoe Tampus (Tustin, Calif.), Phillip Charles Reid (Santa Ana, Calif.), Timothy R. Kilgore (Orange, Calif.) and John Gerhard Keller (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions for deposition of ultrathin layers of nanoparticle films are provided. Ultrathin nanoparticle films and methods for deposition thereof involving applying the nanoparticle-metal alkoxi...