Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Sustainable environmental remediation via biomimetic multifunctional lignocellulosic nano-framework

  • Jinghao Li,
  • Xiaohan Li,
  • Yabin Da,
  • Jiali Yu,
  • Bin Long,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Christopher Bakker,
  • Bruce A. McCarl,
  • Joshua S. Yuan,
  • Susie Y. Dai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31881-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Persistent organic pollutant (POP) remediation is important for protecting the environment and human health but can be expensive. Here, the authors report on the creation of a plant-based remediation material which can absorb high levels of POPs and then provide the nutrients needed for fungal degradation and detoxification.