US Patent Issued to IMEC VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on Sept. 30 for "Template for growing a crystal of a two-dimensional material" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,749, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to IMEC VZW (Leuven, Belgium) and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium).

"Template for growing a crystal of a two-dimensional material" was invented by Yuanyuan Shi (Leuven, Belgium), Pierre Morin (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium), Benjamin Groven (Kortessem, Belgium) and Vladislav Voronenkov (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a template for growing a crystal of a two-dimensional material can include a flat surface for growing the crystal thereon, a first wall on the flat surface, and a second wall on the flat surface. The first and the second walls can meet a...