Pondicherry University’s associate professor granted two patents
The Hindu
Works of Thilakan pertain to solar cells, nano materials
Periyasamy Thilakan, Associate Professor, Department of Green Energy Technology, Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies, Pondicherry University, has been granted two patents by the Government of India for inventions in the domain of research on solar cells and nano materials.
The patents, granted under the Patents Act, 1970, will have a validity of 20 years, a press note from the university said.
One of the patented works, ‘Preparation of Luminescent Nanocrystalline Indium-tin-oxide (ITO)’ by Mr. Thilakan and a team of researchers at the Department of Green Energy Technology deals with the preparation of ITO nanocrystalline active light emitting layers.
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