{"id":122926,"date":"2021-05-23T10:22:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/scientists-3d-print-graphene-aerogels-that-purify-water-at-scale"},"modified":"2021-05-23T10:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:22:40","slug":"scientists-3d-print-graphene-aerogels-that-purify-water-at-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/scientists-3d-print-graphene-aerogels-that-purify-water-at-scale","title":{"rendered":"Scientists 3D print graphene aerogels that purify water at scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-3d-print-graphene-aerogels-that-purify-water-at-scale.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/\">University at Buffalo<\/a> (UB) researchers have developed a novel 3D printed water-purifying graphene aerogel that could be scaled for use at large wastewater treatment plants.<\/p>\n<p>Composed of a styrofoam-like aerogel, latticed graphene and two bio-inspired polymers, the novel material is capable of removing dyes, metals and organic solvents from drinking water with 100% efficiency. Unlike similar nanosheets, the scientists\u2019 design is reusable, doesn\u2019t leave residue and can be 3D printed into larger sizes, thus they now aim to commercialize it for industrial-scale deployment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to safely remove contaminants from water without releasing any problematic chemical residue,\u201d explained study co-author and assistant professor of environmental engineering at UB, Nirupam Aich. \u201cThe aerogels we\u2019ve created hold their structure when put into water treatment systems, and they can be applied in diverse water treatment applications.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University at Buffalo (UB) researchers have developed a novel 3D printed water-purifying graphene aerogel that could be scaled for use at large wastewater treatment plants. Composed of a styrofoam-like aerogel, latticed graphene and two bio-inspired polymers, the novel material is capable of removing dyes, metals and organic solvents from drinking water with 100% efficiency. Unlike [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-chemistry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}