ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,389, issued on June 17, was assigned to Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS (Lanzhou, China).

"Self-lubricating film over wide temperature ranges in vacuum and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Xiaohong Liu (Lanzhou, China), Hongxuan Li (Lanzhou, China), Ru Wang (Lanzhou, China), Li Ji (Lanzhou, China), Huidi Zhou (Lanzhou, China) and Jianmin Chen (Lanzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of functional films, and in particular relates to a self-lubricating film over wide temperature ranges in vacuum and a preparation method and use thereof. The presen...