MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311080549 A) filed by Shoolini University Of Biotechnology And Management Sciences, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on Nov. 28, 2023, for 'a polysacchride-based hydrogel nanocomposite for wastewater treatment.'
Inventor(s) include Sadanand Pandey; Dr. Edwin Makhado; and Deepak Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a polysaccharide-based hydrogel nanocomposite for wastewater treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of synthesis ghatti gum crosslinked poly (acrylic acid)-based titanium dioxide hydrogel nanocomposite and its batch use for MG absorption. The hydrogel nanocomposite comprises ghatti gum (0.01-0.06 g), titanium dioxide nanoparticles (0.05-0.10 g), 7.5 10-4 M (1.56ml) of acrylic acid, where the nanocomposite consists of titanium dioxide nanoparticles embedded in hydrogel made of ghatti gum and acrylic acid. The introduction of TiO2 nanoparticles acts as a cross-linking agent rather than a filler in the process of the hydrogel nanocomposite preparation, which can improve the physiochemical characteristics of the hydrogel. Moreover, TiO2 nanoparticles increase the anionic centres within the hydrogel matrix, thereby improving the adsorption of cationic dyes onto the hydrogel."
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