US Patent Issued to The Curators of the University of Missouri on Nov. 18 for "Luminescent silafluorene and germafluorene compounds" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,308, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"Luminescent silafluorene and germafluorene compounds" was invented by Janet Braddock-Wilking (St. Louis), Cynthia M. Dupureur (St. Louis), Stephan Germann (St. Louis) and Helena Spikes (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are luminescent sila- and germafluorenes. Also described herein are methods of making and using sila- and germafluorenes. The position and the type of substituent impact the absorption and emission properties in solution and in the solid-state and subsequently influence the role of sila- and ger...