CARBOSORB
Carbosorb is a 4 year, 1.28 million Euro FP7 IAPP (Industry Academia Partnerships & Pathways) project, coordinated by by the University of Brighton.
The aim of Carbosorb is to develop and manufacture permeable composite filters in which carbon-rich nanoparticles (or nanoporous materials) will be embedded (and contained in a recyclable 3D structure), and use these as the basis of recyclable, high-performance water clean-up devices, for application in environmental and industrial sectors. It brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of specialists in different areas of environmental (geo)chemistry, nanotechnology and physical, analytical, synthetic, polymer and surface chemistry, working with a common aim of developing new and efficient methods of contaminant removal from surface and groundwaters, drinking waters and trade and industrial effluent.
Bionano2012 conference. Clean water through bio- and nano-technology. Full details available here.