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Multi-functional aerogel applications

novel, multi-functional
aerogel with potential to
address environmental
challenges like wastewater
A treatment, industrial pollution
and oil-water spills has been
developed by researchers at the
Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Guwahati. The gels are
ultra-lightweight, highly porous
materials with a large surface
area and exceptional adsorption
properties, making them ideal for
a wide range of environmental and improved its PMS activation effective for cleaning up oil spills
industrial applications. capability, enabling the efficient and treating industrial effluents.

The team developed a hybrid breakdown of persistent organic The product also functions
aerogel by combining MXene - a pollutants in wastewater. as a flexible strain sensor, its
two-dimensional material known Beyond wastewater treatment, electrical resistance changes in
for its high conductivity and the aerogel also exhibited response to mechanical stress,
chemical reactivity - with carbon excellent performance in oil-water opening applications in wearable
foam. By introducing phosphorus separation. Its porous architecture electronics, smart devices, and
doping into the MXene framework, selectively absorbs oil while structural health monitoring
the researchers significantly repelling water, making it highly systems.

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