Summary:
- PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as "forever chemicals," are a group of synthetic compounds that are resistant to degradation and can persist in the environment for a long time.
- Researchers have developed a new material that can use light to break down and destroy PFAS compounds, potentially providing a solution for the removal of these harmful chemicals from the environment.
- This new material is a porous, carbon-based framework that can efficiently absorb PFAS molecules and then use light energy to trigger a chemical reaction that breaks the strong carbon-fluorine bonds, effectively destroying the PFAS compounds.