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Filtration made green and easy

Nature Sustainability volume 7, pages 102–103 (2024)Cite this article

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Whether on a hike, in a remote disaster zone or in your own home, access to clean water is critical. Filtration of freshwater to remove ultrafine particles like micro/nanoplastics, pathogens or other toxic components is unfortunately usually quite expensive, unportable and environmentally unfriendly.

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    Talia Khan & Markus J. Buehler

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Khan, T., Buehler, M.J. Filtration made green and easy. Nat Sustain 7, 102–103 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01282-1

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