ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,373, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.).
"Nanoparticle-embedded 2D material" was invented by Nirmala Kandadai (Corvallis, Ore.) and Devyn Duryea (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming graphene-oxide (GO) embedded with gallium-iron alloy (galfenol) nanoparticles. The method includes submerging galfenol bulk material in a solution comprising deionized water and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The method includes ablating, a first time, the galfenol bulk material submerged in the solution with a laser. The method includes removing the galfenol bulk material from the solut...