ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,505, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Fudan University (Shanghai).

"Self-assembled avalanche-responsive device and preparation thereof" was invented by Ming Wang (Shanghai) and Jie Cao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a self-assembled avalanche-responsive device and the preparation and application thereof. The responsive device is prepared through the following process: (1) taking an insulating substrate and depositing metal electrodes on both ends of an upper surface of the insulating substrate; (2) taking a nano-conductive filler and an interface modifier, adding the nano-conductive filler...