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ADVANCED MATERIALS RAPID DIAGNOSIS
DCM Shriram announces entry into the business Bengaluru researchers develop paper-based platform

of epoxy resins to detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The Board of directors of DCM 2024-25. Over 80% of ECH produced products. The entire portfolio of A paper-based platform developed and JNCASR team involves incorporat- Infusing the hydrogel in a sheet of paper
Shriram Ltd., at their board meeting globally is used in the manufacture of Advanced Materials products includ- by researchers at the Indian Institute of ing biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid (BCA) as the medium reduced the cost signifi -
held in New Delhi on February 27, epoxy resins. ing liquid epoxy resins, hardeners, Science (IISc) and Jawaharlal Nehru within a supramolecular hydrogel ma- cantly. The instrument is fi tted with
accorded an in-principle approval for the solvent cuts, reactive diluents and Centre for Advanced Scientifi c Research trix containing terbium cholate (TbCh). different LEDs that shine UV radiation
entry of its Chemicals business into Commenting on the announce- formulated resins are fi nding increasing (JNCASR), Bengaluru could help quickly This hydrogel normally emits green as required. Green fl uorescence from
the domain of Advanced Materials by ment, Mr. Ajay Shriram, Chairman & applications in sectors such as wind- detect the presence of antibiotic-resis- fl uorescence when UV light is shined the enzyme is captured by a built-in
investing into epoxy resins and value- Senior Managing Director, and Mr. blades, EVs, aeronautics, electro- tant, disease-causing bacteria. on it. The next step was to fi nd a way camera, and a dedicated software app
added products. Vikram Shriram, Vice Chairman and nics, fi re-proofi ng and light-weight- to make the technology inexpensive. measures the intensity, which can help
Managing Director, DCM Shriram, ing industries and India is poised to Dr. Uday Maitra, Professor at the Currently used diagnostics instruments quantify the bacterial load.
The company is planning to invest said in a joint statement, “We are emerge as a market of choice, both for Department of Organic Chemistry, are costly, which drives up the price for
Rs. 1,000-crore over the next few years bullish about the overall prospects of domestic and global consumption, of IISc, and collaborators have developed testing. The team from IISc tied up with
to set up a greenfi eld state-of-the-art the Chemicals Business and this entry such products. DCM Shriram Ltd. will a rapid diagnosis protocol that uses a Jayanta Haldar’s research group from
epoxy manufacturing plant. It may be into the Advanced Materials space. continue to remain alert to opportu- luminescent paper-based platform to The team collaborated with a JNCASR to check their approach on
noted that the company’s epichloro- We already have some of the key raw nities arising in the adjacencies of detect the presence of antibiotic-resis- Chennai-based company, Adiuvo Diag- urine samples. As the next step, the
hydrin (ECH) plant in Jhagadia, Gujarat materials like ECH and caustic in our its core-chemicals business and look tant bacteria. nostics, to design a customised, port- researchers plan to tie up with hospitals
is in fi nal stages of completion and is portfolio, which paves a logical way to participate whole-heartedly in the able and miniature imaging device, to test this technology with samples
expected to be commissioned in Q1 of forward into the epoxy and value added India growth story.” The approach developed by the IISc named Illuminate Fluorescence Reader. from patients.

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