{"id":170142,"date":"2023-08-21T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/how-smart-rust-nanoparticles-are-revolutionizing-water-cleanup"},"modified":"2023-08-21T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:24:40","slug":"how-smart-rust-nanoparticles-are-revolutionizing-water-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/how-smart-rust-nanoparticles-are-revolutionizing-water-cleanup","title":{"rendered":"How \u201cSmart Rust\u201d Nanoparticles Are Revolutionizing Water Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-smart-rust-nanoparticles-are-revolutionizing-water-cleanup2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed \u201csmart rust,\u201d iron oxide nanoparticles that clean water by attracting pollutants such as oil, nano-and microplastics, glyphosate, and even estrogen hormones.<\/p>\n<p>Pouring flecks of rust into water typically makes it dirtier. However, a groundbreaking development by researchers has led to the creation of \u201csmart rust,\u201d a type of iron oxide nanoparticle that can purify water. This smart rust has the unique ability to attract various pollutants, such as oil, nano-and microplastics, and the herbicide glyphosate, depending on the particles\u2019 coating. What makes it even more efficient is its magnetic nature, which allows easy removal from water using a magnet, taking the pollutants along with it. Recently, the team has optimized these particles to capture estrogen hormones, which can be detrimental to aquatic life.<\/p>\n<p>Presentation and Significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed \u201csmart rust,\u201d iron oxide nanoparticles that clean water by attracting pollutants such as oil, nano-and microplastics, glyphosate, and even estrogen hormones. Pouring flecks of rust into water typically makes it dirtier. However, a groundbreaking development by researchers has led to the creation of \u201csmart rust,\u201d a type of iron oxide nanoparticle that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,48,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnology","category-particle-physics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170142","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}