US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on Dec. 23 for "Color image printing by polymer-assisted photochemical deposition" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,823, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Color image printing by polymer-assisted photochemical deposition" was invented by Chao Wang (Chandler, Ariz.), Shinhyuk Choi (Tempe, Ariz.), Yu Yao (Chandler, Ariz.) and Jiawei Zuo (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural color image includes a metallic layer, a nanocomposite film, and a dielectric layer between and in direct contact with the metallic layer and the nanocomposite film. The metallic layer reflects visible light. The nanocomposite film reflects visible light and includes metallic...