MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541060460 A) filed by Chennai Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on June 25, for 'dual functional agwo4/g-c3n4@mxene nanocomposite heterojunction for antibiotic and microplastic pollutant removal.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. H. Leelavathi; Dr. N. Senthilkumar.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The use of plastics in the contemporary culture has increased exponentially, which has further worsened the ecological crisis. Microplastics have received the name of chronic pollutants of the aquatic medium. These minute particles...