US Patent Issued to UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY on June 17 for "Liquid metal fusion with conductive inks and pastes" (Portuguese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,115, issued on June 17, was assigned to UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA (Coimbra, Portugal) and CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh).

"Liquid metal fusion with conductive inks and pastes" was invented by Mahmoud Tavakoli (Coimbra, Portugal), Hugo Paisana (Coimbra, Portugal), Anibal T. De Almeida (Coimbra, Portugal) and Carmel Majidi (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coating inkjet-printed traces of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) ink with a thin layer of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) increases the electrical conductivity and significantly improves tolerance to tensile strain. This enhancement is achieved through a room temperature ...