US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE on Aug. 11 for "Asymmetric donor-acceptor molecular dyes" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,888, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Asymmetric donor-acceptor molecular dyes" was invented by Michael G. Walter (Charlotte, N.C.), Nickolas A. Sayresmith (Charlotte, N.C.) and Yamuna Krishnan (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, Pi-conjugated asymmetric molecular dyes are described herein comprising a donor (D)-acceptor (A) architecture across a thiazolothiazole electronic bridge. In some embodiments, a Pi-conjugated asymmetric molecular dye has a difference between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbi...