Water Filtration Using Plant Xylem

Water Filtration Using Plant Xylem

Effective point-of-use devices for providing safe drinking water are urgently needed to reduce the global burden of waterborne disease. Here we show that plant xylem from the sapwood of coniferous trees - a readily available, inexpensive, biodegradable, and disposable material - can remove bacteria...

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Main Authors: Boutilier, Michael Stephen Ha (Contributor), Chambers, Valerie A. (Contributor), Venkatesh, Varsha (Contributor), Karnik, Rohit (Contributor), Lee, Jongho, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Lee, Jongho (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2014-04-09T16:33:49Z.
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