ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,452, issued on May 13, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Radiation detectors having perovskite films" was invented by Manuel Quevedo Lopez (Richardson, Texas), Jesus Alfonso Caraveo Frescas (Richardson, Texas), Martin Gregorio Reyes Banda (Richardson, Texas), Leunam Fernandez Izquierdo (Dallas), Iker Rodrigo Chavez-Urbiola (Dallas), Xavier Mathew (Richardson, Texas), Lidia C. El Bouanani (Denton, Texas) and Rouzbeh Molaei Imenabadi (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid-state radiation detectors utilizing a film as an alpha detection layer are provided. The detector can include a...