MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621004749 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Maharashtra, on Jan. 17, for 'a method for controlled sorting of colloidal particles in an evaporating droplet on a surface.'

Inventor(s) include Rajneesh Bhardwaj; and Bibek Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlled sorting of colloidal particles in an evaporating droplet on a surface. The method comprises the steps of preparing a colloidal suspension in an aqueous medium, comprising particles of at leas...