ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,804, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Noble metal decorated ordered metal oxide nanostructure thin films" was invented by Jiansong Miao (Tempe, Ariz.) and Jerry Lin (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing film configured to detect an analyte gas includes a metal oxide thin film and noble metal nanoparticles disposed on the metal oxide thin film. The sensing film can be a compressed thin film of metal oxide nanostructures. Forming the sensing film includes dispersing the multiplicity of hydrophobic metal oxide nanostructures onto...