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Nanoplastics
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Microrobots mop-up nanoplastics
Nature Nanotechnology
2022
8 citations
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Raghavendra Palankar
Summary
Self-propelled catalytic microrobots were engineered to trap and remove nanoplastics from water, offering a new active remediation strategy for particles too small for conventional filtration. Nanoplastics are the most concerning size fraction of plastic pollution because they can penetrate cell membranes and accumulate in tissues, making efficient removal technologies especially valuable.
Catalytically active, self-propelled microrobots can trap and remove nanoplastics from water.