US Patent Issued to University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation on Sept. 9 for "Carbon nano tube-polymer hybrid nanocomposite electrodes for porous polydimethylsiloxane sponge-based flexible triboelectric nanogenerators" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,161, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Carbon nano tube-polymer hybrid nanocomposite electrodes for porous polydimethylsiloxane sponge-based flexible triboelectric nanogenerators" was invented by Hyeok Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) has attracted much attention due to its environmentally friendly, practical, and cost-producing advantages. Flexible electrodes are required to fabricate a fully flexible TENG device. Electrical properties of porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sponge-based flex...