MUMBAI, India, Jan. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311050384 A) filed by Shoolini University Of Biotechnology And Management Sciences, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on July 26, 2023, for 'a nanocellulose-based heterojunction photocatalyst and process of preparing the same.'

Inventor(s) include Shabnam Sambyal; Dr. Pooja Shandilya; and Rohit Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 31, under issue no. 05/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the synthesis of a nanocellulose-based SnWO4/Cu2O/Ag2WO4 photocatalyst for wastewater treatment and the effective photodegradation of tetracycline antibiotics under visible...