MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641050395 A) filed by Manipal Academy Of Higher Education; and Centre For Nano And Soft Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, on April 20, for 'a method and composition for synthesizing cholesterol-based liquid crystal dimers exhibiting tgbare phase.'

Inventor(s) include Pooja Mohandas; Reshma C; Maddasani Srinivasulu; and Channabasaveshwar V. Yelamaggad.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The current invention relates to a synthetic method for producing cholesterol-derived liquid crystal dimers that display a re-entrant TGBA phase. The synt...