US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on June 10 for "Elastomers enhanced with in situ formation of 2D nanoparticles from layered materials for multifunctional sensors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,685, issued on June 10, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Elastomers enhanced with in situ formation of 2D nanoparticles from layered materials for multifunctional sensors" 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 is a concise, inexpensive and scalable method for preparing elastomers filled with conductive 2D nanoparticles. The method comprises independently filling elastomer polymer precursors and/or corresponding elastomer polymer curing agents or their precursors with conductive 2D nanoparti...