US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Nov. 25 for "Fabrication of carbon-based nanostructures on metallic substrates, including aluminum-containing substrates" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,728, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Fabrication of carbon-based nanostructures on metallic substrates, including aluminum-containing substrates" was invented by Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Mass.) and Kehang Cui (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for the fabrication of elongated carbon-based nanostructures on metallic substrates, including aluminum-containing substrates, are generally described. Inventive articles comprising elongated carbon-based nanostructures and metallic substrates are also described. Also described herein are articles...