US Patent Issued to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Feb. 17 for "Fabricating functional circuits on 3D freeform surfaces via intense pulsed light-induced zinc mass transfer" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,223, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pa.).

"Fabricating functional circuits on 3D freeform surfaces via intense pulsed light-induced zinc mass transfer" was invented by Huanyu Cheng (University Park, Pa.) and Ning Yi (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes methods of forming electronic circuitry on a target surface using intense pulsed light-induced mass transfer (IPLMT) of metal nanoparticles (NPs) by applying a pliable mask to a target surface, coating a carrier film with metal NPs, mounting the carrier film to the target surface and over th...