PTFE’s exceptional durability comes from the strong carbon–fluorine bonds in its polymer structure. While this makes it chemically resilient in applications, it also makes PTFE notoriously difficult ...

CU Boulder chemist Niels Damrauer and his research colleagues use visible light to break environmentally persistent carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS The strength of the bond between carbon and fluorine ...

Chemists in China and the US have discovered catalysts enabling light-driven reactions that can break down fluorine-containing chemicals that are attracting concern as pollutants. Two research groups ...

ETH Zurich researchers are for the first time using a technology known as “piezocatalysis” to break down hazardous PFOS chemicals in water with the help of nanoparticles and ultrasound. The method has ...

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and fluorinated polymers (FPs) have been extensively utilized in various industries, whereas their extremely high stability poses environmental persistence and ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester have developed new electrochemical approaches to clean up pollution from “forever chemicals” found in clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a ...

A team of scientists have shared that they have been able to remove "harmful forever chemicals" from water using a new electrocatalysis method. The novel approach reportedly uses laser-made ...