US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on Feb. 3 for "Frozen, porous thin films and methods of making and use thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,352, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Frozen, porous thin films and methods of making and use thereof" was invented by Stephen J. Florczyk (Orlando, Fla.) and Kailei Xu (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Frozen, porous thin films and methods of making and use thereof are described herein. The frozen, porous thin films can comprise a continuous phase permeated by a plurality of pores; wherein the continuous phase comprises a polymer, a ceramic material, or a combination thereof. In some examples, the frozen, porous thin films are made by freeze casting...