US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Oct. 14 for "Nanocomposites comprising 2D materials and a shape memory polymer and fabrication methods thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,866, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Nanocomposites comprising 2D materials and a shape memory polymer and fabrication methods thereof" was invented by Arvind Agarwal (Miami), Luiza Benedetti (Miami), Kazue Orikasa (Miami) and Branon Aguiar (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanocomposites and fabrication methods thereof are provided. The nanocomposites can include two-dimensional (2D) material and one or more shape memory polymers (SMPs), thereby combining the unique properties of SMPs with the exceptional attributes of 2D materials. The nanocomposites exhibit en...