MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073707 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on June 13, 2026, for “a Method For Fabricating Hydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (pan) Nanofibers”.
Inventors include Dharshini St; and Ashutosh Mahajan.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating hydrophobic polyacrylonitrile, PAN, nanofibers using an electrospinning technique. The method comprises preparing a precursor solution of PAN and naphthalene dissolved in dimethylformamide, DMF, maintaining a constant total solute concentration while varying the relative proportions of PAN an...