Abstract: Millions of plastic water bottles going to waste and harming the environment. Recycling is an option, but hardly becoming a practice. Biodegradable bottle cap consisting of the plastic-eating fungus ‘pestalotiopsis microsporia’, will consumes the plastic bottle and the cap so no trace is left behind. The cap is made of plastic and the fungus is contained in an aluminium casing.

Abstract: Millions of plastic water bottles going to waste and harming the environment. Recycling is an option, but hardly becoming a practice. Biodegradable bottle cap consisting of the plastic-eating fungus ‘pestalotiopsis microsporia’, will consumes the plastic bottle and the cap so no trace is left behind. The cap is made of plastic and the fungus is contained in an aluminium casing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of fabricating a thin-film composite membrane comprising immersing a porous support in an aqueous solution containing a diamine; contacting the immersed porous support with an organic solution containing a multifunctional acyl chloride for at least 5 minutes and at a temperature of at least 50° C. to form via interfacial polymerization a polyamide thin film on the porous support; and drying the thin-film composite membrane at about room temperature. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of separating fluids comprising contacting a defect-free polyamide-thin-film composite membrane with a fluid composition and capturing one or more chemical species from the fluid composition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe, among other things, methods of separating fluids comprising contacting a defect-free polyamide-thin-film composite membrane with a fluid composition and capturing one or more chemical species from the fluid composition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of fabricating a thin-film composite membrane comprising immersing a porous support in an aqueous solution containing a diamine; contacting the immersed porous support with an organic solution containing a multifunctional acyl chloride for at least 5 minutes and at a temperature of at least 50° C. to form via interfacial polymerization a polyamide thin film on the porous support; and drying the thin-film composite membrane at about room temperature. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of separating fluids comprising contacting a defect-free polyamide-thin-film composite membrane with a fluid composition and capturing one or more chemical species from the fluid composition.