US Patent Issued to University of South Carolina on Sept. 8 for "Methods for forming auxetic, zero, and near-zero Poisson's ratio materials and materials formed thereby" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,589, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to University of South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.).

"Methods for forming auxetic, zero, and near-zero Poisson's ratio materials and materials formed thereby" was invented by Monirosadat Sadati (Elgin, S.C.), Sepideh Norouzi (Columbia, S.C.), Nader Taheri-Qazvini (Elgin, S.C.) and Jose Adrian Martinez Gonzalez (San Luis Potosi, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synthetic two- or three-dimensional structures are described that include directional negative, near-zero, or zero Poisson ratio. Methods for forming the structures are also described. Disclosed structures mimic disclination networks as oc...