Study finds new way to trap PFAS in water

ADELAIDE – A new method of trapping perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water could help remove the most difficult-to-capture variants, according to a group of scientists at Flinders University in South Australia.

The team’s research is outlined in a study titled ‘Efficient removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl substances by cavity-directed aggregation in a molecular cage host’, published in the peer-reviewed journal Angewandte Chemie.