US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on May 13 for "Devices with conductive or magnetic nanowires for localized heating and connection" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,591, issued on May 13, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Devices with conductive or magnetic nanowires for localized heating and connection" was invented by Bethanie J Stadler (Shoreview, Minn.) and Rhonda R. Franklin (Falcon Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a porous substrate that include a plurality of pores and a plurality of nanodevices dispersed in at least a portion of the plurality of pores. Each of the plurality of nanodevices includes a magnetic nanowire and a solder nanoparticle. The magnetic nanowires are configured to generate heat in response to an alter...