US Patent Issued to Vulcan Photonics Sdn. Bhd. on Feb. 24 for "Optical waveguide sensor for detecting radioactive isotopes and method of fabricating the same" (Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,727, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Vulcan Photonics Sdn. Bhd. (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

"Optical waveguide sensor for detecting radioactive isotopes and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Khong Nee Koo (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia), Farah Hidayah Binti Jamaludin (Johor, Malaysia), Evianie Bingak Edward (Johor, Malaysia) and Mun Oon Fong (Pulai Pinang, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for forming an optical waveguide sensor for detecting ions containing radioactive isotopes in an aqueous solution. The method comprises treating a substrate surface by cleaning the substrate s...