Flotation separation of nanoparticles

这个项目是通过附着在小气泡上来分离悬浮在水中的纳米颗粒。它的目标是找到一种从水中去除纳米粒子的方法，或者将一种物种与另一种物种分开。该方法可用于简单固体，如金属氧化物，以及生物材料，如大分子，病毒和小细菌。这项工作将是理论性的和实验性的。这个开创性的项目将以申请人过去的成功为基础，申请人在资源回收领域的发明每年为澳大利亚的出口贡献近10亿美元。

This project deals with the separation of fine nanoparticles suspended in water, by attachment to small gas bubbles. It aims to find a way of removing nanoparticles from water, or of separating one species from another. The process could be used for simple solids such as metal oxides, and for biological materials such as large molecules, viruses and small bacteria. The work will be both theoretical and experimental. This ground-breaking project will build upon past successes of the applicant, whose invention in the field of resource recovery is contributing close to $1 billion a year to Australia's exports.