MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611024198 A) filed by Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on Feb. 28, for 'metal-matrix composite coatings reinforced with carbon nanotubes for enhanced tribological performance.'

Inventor(s) include Rahul Kumar; and Sandeep Kumar.

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 invention relates to the use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in metal-based composite coatings to enhance tribological performance. An electroless Ni-P-CNT composite coating and CNT-reinforced copper matrix composites were evaluated for friction an...