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, Chambers, Valerie A., Venkatesh, Varsha, Karnik, Rohit, Lee, Jongho, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86082
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-9286
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-2318

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86082
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-9286
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-2318

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