US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Oct. 7 for "Formation of encapsulated nanoribbons in dielectric nanotubes" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,221, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Formation of encapsulated nanoribbons in dielectric nanotubes" was invented by Avetik R. Harutyunyan (Stoneham, Mass.) and Xufan Li (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An encapsulated nanoribbon having a nanotube of a dielectric material, wherein the nanotube has a diameter and a first length, and a nanoribbon at least partially encapsulated within the nanotube, the nanoribbon including a transition metal dichalcogenide and having a width and a second length, the second length being coextensive with the first length, and the width being no greater than t...