MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311083820 A) filed by Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Dec. 8, 2023, for 'anisotropically functionalized self-driven janus catalyst for room temperature antibiotic degradation and preparation method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Tinku Basu; Kuntal Manna; Chansi; Rashi Bhardwaj; and Karan Hadwani.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses Anisotropically functionalized self-driven Janus Catalyst for room temperature antibiotic degradation. In the present invention, which elucidates a Janus Catalyst based on PCP was fabricated and the optimized product was named as Fe-Zr PCP Janus Catalyst (Fe Zr PCP J CAT). FTIR and XRD confirmed the formation of the same while motion studies confirmed the self-propulsion of CAT in the presence of fuel and MSA. The optimum speed obtained at optimized Fe concentration, fuel, and MSA concentration was 197m/s and it was able to degrade a specific concentration and volume of antibiotic by 60% in less than half an hour. HPLC and HRMS studies confirmed the degradation analysis of the results obtained in the lab via titration with KMnO4 assay. As the developed Janus Catalyst does not require any external energy to move is self-moving and works on a "degrade as it moves" motto towards the tested antibiotic, it can be further employed for the degradation of various organic contaminants including various personal care products, organic pollutants, and other antibiotics present in the wastewater."
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