US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Colorado on Oct. 28 for "Assembly and method for actively controlling radiation transmission" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,470, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver).

"Assembly and method for actively controlling radiation transmission" was invented by Souvik Ghosh (Boulder, Colo.) and Ivan Smalyukh (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies and methods for modulating (e.g., near) infrared radiation are provided. Exemplary assemblies include a composite material interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. The composite material includes plasmonic nanoparticles (e.g., nanoplates) dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal."

The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2023, under Application ...