WSU researcher creates ‘nano brushes’ that remove contaminants from water

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FAIRBORN — A Wright State University researcher believes she may have found a tiny solution to an increasingly big problem.

With the help of students and colleagues, Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, director of Wright State’s Center for Nano-Scale Multifunctional Materials, has developed what the university calls “near molecular-sized nano brushes.”

The brushes are structures made up of thousands of what the university calls “tiny, jellyfish-like strands.” Coat the bristles with the right materials, and the bristles can cleanse water of dangerous pollutants, killing bacteria and destroying harmful chemicals.

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