Tiny robots catch bacteria, microplastics in water

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作   者：

PAYAL DHAR; 

关键词：

Free-swimming bacteria;  peskiest water;  pollutants; 

期刊名称：

Chemical and engineering news

i s s n：

0009-2347

年卷期：

2024 年 102 卷 17 期

页   码：

6-6

页   码：

摘   要：

Free-swimming bacteria are some of the peskiest water pollutants around. They can travel and spread very quickly. They also form films, adhering to the inner walls of tanks and pipes; in this state, they become far more antibiotic resistant. Researchers at Martin Pumera's Future Energy and Innovation Lab at the Central European Institute of Technology have come up with a novel way to deal with these microbes. They designed magnetically controlled swarms of microbots equipped with "hands" to capture free-swimming bacteria and microplastics (ACS Nano. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02115).