ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,454, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Seoul, South Korea).
"Zinc oxide-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon quantum dot capable of blue light emission and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Won-Kook Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Hong Hee Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a zinc oxide-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon quantum dot capable of blue light emission in which ZnO is combined with a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having a blue light emitting characteristic to realize a quantum dot of a core-shell structure and electron emission transition is in...