US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army on April 15 for "Nano-structured alloy material and method of synthesizing" (Maryland, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,061, issued on April 15, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Nano-structured alloy material and method of synthesizing" was invented by Kristopher A. Darling (Havre de Grace, Md.), Billy C. Hornbuckle (Bel Air, Md.), Blake P. Fullenwider (Round Rock, Texas), Albert M. Ostlind (Aberdeen, Md.), Anthony J. Roberts (Chesapeake City, Md.) and Anit K. Giri (Abingdon, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nano-structured alloy material includes a nanoparticle; a matrix phase surrounding the nanoparticle; and an alkali/alkali Earth metal to alter (i) a material property of the...