US Patent Issued to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey on Sept. 30 for "Sacrificial nanotransfer lithography for the metalization of plastics" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,763, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Sacrificial nanotransfer lithography for the metalization of plastics" was invented by Jonathan P. Singer (Cranford, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for producing layered components that may include depositing a strike layer on a substrate; forming a nanomaterial layer on the strike layer, the nanomaterial layer having a nanotextured surface comprising a plurality of nanofeatures; embedding a polymeric material at least partially within the nanotextured surface; and separating the strike layer from the substrate...