MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321074777 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Nov. 2, 2023, for 'carbon quantum dots and a process for preparation thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Dhiraj Bhatia; and Pankaj Yadav.

The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to carbon quantum dots and a process for the preparation thereof. The carbon quantum dots of the present disclosure have two key properties which are: (i) the surface functional groups on the carbon quantum dots can help conjugation with biomolecules by using si...