US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on June 3 for "Formation and/or growth of carbon-based nanostructures on copper-containing substrates, and related systems and methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,579, issued on June 3, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Formation and/or growth of carbon-based nanostructures on copper-containing substrates, and related systems and methods" was invented by Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Mass.) and Luiz Acauan (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for the formation and/or growth of elongated carbon-based nanostructures on copper-containing substrates, are generally described. Inventive articles comprising elongated carbon-based nanostructures and copper-containing substrates are also described."

The patent was filed on Dec. 13,...