by | Nov 2, 2021 | Biswas, Pratim, Chadha, Tandeep, Fang, Jiaxi
— Engineers in Prof. Pratim Biswas’ laboratory have developed an electrostatic precipitator device that removes ultrafine pollutants and inactivates pathogens from the air at high efficiency and low cost. This gas cleaning system has the potential to replace HEPA filters for air filtering applic…
by | Apr 13, 2020 | Biswas, Pratim, Li, Jiayu
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Prof. Pratim Biswas and colleagues have developed an artificial intelligence platform to provide accurate, low-cost analysis of air and water quality by integrating data gathered from particulate matter (PM) sensors and other sources. This technology could be used to make th…
by | Apr 9, 2020 | Jiang, Qisheng, Jun, Young-Shin, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Wu, Xuanhao
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Engineers in Prof. Young-Shin Jun’s laboratory and Prof. Singamaneni’s laboratory have developed high performance, stable membrane materials that can be used for photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) to purify or desalinate water with minimal input of electric…
by | Feb 27, 2020 | Jun, Young-Shin, Jung, Haesung
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Engineers in Prof. Young-Shin Jun’s laboratory have developed a cost-effective, fast, green chemistry process to produce birnessite (δ-MnO2) nanosheets with naturally abundant resources. This method uses sunlight and nitrate to oxidize Mn2+ (aq) to Mn (IV) and ha…
by | Nov 14, 2019 | Biswas, Pratim, Raliya, Ramesh
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Engineers in Prof. Pratim Biswas’ laboratory have developed a nanoparticle fertilizer that increases phosphorus uptake and plant yield while reducing environmental damage and strain on natural resources.
Increasing global food demand has prompted the large-scale use o…