Fibrous Mats Degrade Pollution (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Fibrous Mats Degrade Pollution

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The researchers used the random heteropolymers to stabilize organophosphorus hydrolase and then made fiber mats from the polymers. The researchers submersed the mats in a well-known insecticide and found that the mats degraded an amount of insecticide weighing approximately one-tenth of the total fiber mat in just a few minutes.

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Christopher DelRe and Charley Huang.

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