US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Aug. 19 for "PVDF thin films having high electromechanical efficiency and a gel casting method for forming same" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,809, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"PVDF thin films having high electromechanical efficiency and a gel casting method for forming same" was invented by Hao Mei (Redmond, Wash.), Sheng Ye (Redmond, Wash.), Christopher Yuan Ting Liao (Seattle), Jonathan Robert Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.), Rongzhi Huang (Sammamish, Wash.), Arman Boromand (Issaquah, Wash.), Andrew John Ouderkirk (Kirkland, Wash.) and Taha Masood (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanically and piezoelectrically anisotropic polymer thin film may be formed by gel casting a solution that include...