A New Way to Clean Up Contaminated Water (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A New Way to Clean Up Contaminated Water

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Researchers have developed a specialized type of glowing metal-organic framework, or LMOF (molecular structure at center), that is designed to detect and remove heavy-metal toxins from water. At upper left, mercury (HG2+) is taken in by the LMOF. The graph at lower left shows how the LMOF's fluorescence is turned off as it binds up the mercury. Its properties make this LMOF useful for both detecting and trapping heavy-metal toxins.

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Rutgers University

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