US Patent Issued to Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas on June 10 for "Energy harvesting devices and sensors, and methods of making and use thereof" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,081, issued on June 10, was assigned to Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.).

"Energy harvesting devices and sensors, and methods of making and use thereof" was invented by Paul Thibado (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are energy harvesting devices and sensors, and methods of making and use thereof. The energy harvesting devices can comprise a membrane disposed on a substrate, wherein the membrane comprises a two-dimensional (2D) material and one or more ripples; and a component electrically, magnetically, electromagnetically, electrostatic/capacitively, piezoelectrica...