MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641100511 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on August 20, 2026, for Highly Fluorecent, Ultra - Small Nitrogen Doped Carbon Quantum Dots (cqds) From Cellulose.

Inventors include Indra Neel Pulidindi; Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan; and Tharikka S.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: Abstract The invention deals with the green and sustainable process for the production of nitrogen enriched (both doped and surface functionalized) carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) using the highly recalcitrant material, namely, the microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) as the carbon...