Phys.org  September 5, 2024 The wide presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in water is a major pollution concern even at the part per billion level. Current research emphasizes the use of microporous materials as adsorbents for pollutant removal but demonstrates the performance at a higher concentration than realistic environmental water due to the absence of efficient detection methods that can be coupled with the removal process. An international team of researchers (Japan, USA – University of Notre Dame) developed a pore-networked membrane (PNM) that could simultaneously remove and detect targeted trace-level PPCPs. The PNMs were designed by […]