US Patent Issued to University of Kansas on Aug. 25 for "Quantum dots/graphene heterostructures for high-performance uncooled infrared detection" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,772, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.).

"Quantum dots/graphene heterostructures for high-performance uncooled infrared detection" was invented by Judy Z. Wu (Lawrence, Kan.), Maogang Gong (Lawrence, Kan.), Bo Liu (Lawrence, Kan.) and Andrew Shultz (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods of fabricating photodetectors based on heterostructures comprising graphene and mercury chalcogenide, e.g., HgTe, quantum dots. Embodiments of the methods are able to provide photodetectors that can detect MWIR light, e.g., greater than 3 mm at room temperature with responsivities R* o...