Functional Nanocoatings for Water Purification

公平获得水资源对于消除贫困、改善人类健康和促进经济增长至关重要。例如，修复受污染的地下水是全世界数十亿人饮用水的高度优先事项。传统的水处理方法（例如，溶剂萃取、电化学、离子交换、沉淀、微生物方法）往往涉及大规模设施，这需要高水平的资本成本、技术专长，并且可能产生大量残余废物--所有这些都使得它们难以在当地村庄一级或在迅速变化的人道主义局势中实施。在这个项目中，功能性纳米涂层将被制造用于从受污染的供水中去除特定污染物。其目标是通过利用一系列此类系统同时捕获许多不同的污染物，同时通过可回收性将环境影响降至最低。

Equitable access to water is critical to eradicating poverty, improving human health, and promoting economic growth. For instance, the remediation of contaminated groundwater is of high priority to billions of people around the world for drinking. Conventional water treatment methods (e.g., solvent extraction, electrochemical, ion exchange, precipitation, microbiological methods) tend to involve large scale facilities which require high levels of capital costs, technical expertise, and can generate large amounts of residual waste-all of which make it difficult for their implementation at the local village level or in rapidly evolving humanitarian situations. In this project, functional nanocoatings will be fabricated for the targeting of specific pollutant removal from contaminated water supplies. The aim will be to capture many different pollutants simultaneously by utilising an array of such systems, whilst minimising environmental impact through recyclability.