US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Aug. 26 for "Conductive polymer nanocomposites enhanced with in situ formation of 2D nanoparticles for structural sensors and smart materials" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,247, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Conductive polymer nanocomposites enhanced with in situ formation of 2D nanoparticles for structural sensors and smart materials" was invented by Jennifer K. Lynch-Branzoi (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Ali Ashraf (Paterson, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are sensor materials and sensors prepared from thermoplastic polymers filled with 2D nanoparticles. The thermoplastic polymers filled with 2D nanoparticles are prepared by a method in which a thermoplastic polymer is melt-blended with at least one layered material under...