US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on March 17 for "IR photodetector with intercalated graphene layer and related methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,752, issued on March 17, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"IR photodetector with intercalated graphene layer and related methods" was invented by Michael N. Leuenberger (Orlando, Fla.) and Muhammad Waqas Shabbir (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IR photodetector detects IR radiation in a frequency range. The IR photodetector includes an electrically conductive layer, first and second vertical supports extending from the electrically conductive layer and defining a cavity therebetween and over the electrically conductive layer, and a transparent electrically conduc...