ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,627, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Surface-functionalized metal foil and method of preparing the same" was invented by Sun Ho Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ye Jin Jo (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sang Hyeok Bae (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yeong Je Lee (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a surface-functionalized metal foil and a method of preparing the same. According to the method of preparing the surface-functionalized metal foil, metal nanoparticles are adsorbed as a single layer on a met...