Pick up and dispose of pollutants from water via temperature-responsive micellar copolymers on magnetite nanorobots

Jayraj V. Vaghasiya; Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez; Stanislava Matějková; Martin Pumera

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28406-5

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Pick up and dispose of pollutants from water via temperature-responsive micellar copolymers on magnetite nanorobots

Jayraj V. Vaghasiya,
Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez,
Stanislava Matějková,
Martin Pumera

Affiliations

Jayraj V. Vaghasiya: Center for Advanced Functional Nanorobots, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez: Center for Advanced Functional Nanorobots, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
Stanislava Matějková: Central Analytical Laboratory, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Martin Pumera: Center for Advanced Functional Nanorobots, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28406-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Pesticide and heavy metal pollution in water can cause environmental and public health issues. Here, the authors report thermoresponsive magnetic nanorobots that can efficiently pick up and dispose of pollutants from water by adjusting the water temperature.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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