Research at Queen'sQueen's Partnerships and Innovation is pleased to announce the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,623,205 "Carbene-Functionalized Composite Materials" to Cathleen Crudden, J Hugh Horton, Olena Zenkina, Iraklii Ebralidze, and Christene Anne Smith. The patent relates to stable, carbene-functionalized composite materials, and methods and uses thereof.