Functional Nanocoatings for Water Purification

公平获取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重中之重。传统的水处理方法（如溶剂萃取、电化学、离子交换、沉淀法、微生物法）往往涉及大规模设施，需要高水平的资本成本和技术专门知识，并可能产生大量残余废物，所有这些都使其难以在当地村庄一级或在迅速演变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用于去除污染水源中的特定污染物。目标是通过利用一系列这样的系统同时捕获许多不同的污染物，同时通过可回收性将对环境的影响降至最低。

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.