US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 7 for "Photochromic liquid crystal electrospun coaxial polymer fibers" (Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,595, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Photochromic liquid crystal electrospun coaxial polymer fibers" was invented by Jeffrey G. Lundin (Burke, Va.), Matthew D. Thum (Jackson, N.J.), Riccardo Casalini (Hyattsville, Md.) and Daniel Ratchford (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber having a polymer sheath and a core. The core has a liquid crystal and a compound capable of photoisomerization, such as that shown below. A method of: providing a first solution of a polymer, providing a second solution of a liquid...