Indian scientists develops sustainable hydrogel that removes microplastics from water

Ajay0 · Apr 16, 2024

Indian researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a sustainable hydrogel to remove microplastics from water.

IISc Bengaluru develops sustainable hydrogel that removes microplastics from water

Microplastics – tiny plastic debris that can enter our bodies through the water we drink and expose us to illnesses – have also been marked for their adverse impact on the environment. Filtering membranes have had limited results because the membranes can become clogged with these tiny particles, rendering them unsustainable. An IISc team led by Suryasarathi Bose, Professor at the Department of Materials Engineering, turned to 3D hydrogels for a solution. The material has an intertwined polymer network that can bind the contaminants and degrade them using UV light irradiation, IISc said.

The team crushed food container lids and other daily-use plastic products to create two of the most common microplastics: polyvinyl chloride and polypropylene. The hydrogel could remove about 95 per cent and 93 per cent of the two different types of of microplastics in water at near-neutral pH (∼6.5). Tests also validated the material’s durability.
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Si69 · Apr 25, 2024

Ajay0 said: ↑

Indian researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a sustainable hydrogel to remove microplastics from water.

IISc Bengaluru develops sustainable hydrogel that removes microplastics from water
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Admiable and fascinating....we can sincerely hope that this can be applied .....tho a world that creates solutions to clear up our mess would be better focused on not creating the 'mess' in the first place!

60% insect species destroyed and similarly in other species......

We will disappear up jur own assholes as maybe the Easter Island people did.

Simon

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