US Patent Issued to Khalifa University of Science and Technology on July 22 for "Nanocomposite solar absorber with encapsulated metal nanoparticles" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,385, issued on July 22, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Nanocomposite solar absorber with encapsulated metal nanoparticles" was invented by TieJun Zhang (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Aikifa Raza (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Afra S. Alketbi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Rajakumar Devarapalli (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Hongxia Li (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure include a multilayer surface-covering assembly adapted to convert solar radiation to heat. The multilayer surface-covering assemb...