US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 7 for "Methods of forming nanocrystals and related crystals and optoelectronic devices" (District Of Columbia, Maryland, Arizona, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,272, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods of forming nanocrystals and related crystals and optoelectronic devices" was invented by Patrick Y. Yee (Washington), Sarah F. Brittman (Washington), Paul D. Cunningham (Baltimore), Janice E. Boercker (Fairfax, Va.), Katherine D. Burgess (Fairfax, Va.), Rhonda M. Stroud (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Steven C. Erwin (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of fabricating nanocrystals are disclosed. Such methods may include providing copper sulfide core nanocrystals and pr...