ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,476, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Nantong University (Jiangsu, China).

"Micro-cavity liquid-phase shearing device for preparing quasi-two-dimensional materials" was invented by Guoqiu Yuan (Jiangsu, China), Yamei Mo (Jiangsu, China), Min Cao (Jiangsu, China), Chonggui Zhong (Jiangsu, China), Dexin Liu (Jiangsu, China) and Chunyan Jiang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-cavity liquid-phase shearing device for preparing quasi-two-dimensional materials includes a movable plate system, a fixed plate system, a feed liquid external circulation system, a driven gear system and a charging barrel. The movable plate sy...