US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on July 15 for "Hybrid carbon nanofibers products and methods of fabricating the same" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,350, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Hybrid carbon nanofibers products and methods of fabricating the same" was invented by Arvind Agarwal (Miami), Ambreen Nisar (Miami), Lihua Lou (Miami) and Benjamin Peter Boesl (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid carbon nanofiber (Cnf) products (e.g., mats, yarns, webs, etc.) and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The hybrid Cnf products are flexible and lightweight and have high thermal conductivity. An electrospinning process can be used to fabricate the hybrid Cnf products and can include preparation of an e...