Fig. 5: Robustness, designability, and applicability of the wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst.
From: Wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst for robust and high-throughput water purification
The water treatment capacity of the wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst a under different anion and HA interferences, b at pH from 3 to 9 and interval 2, and c in different contanmicates. d Geometrical characteristic of wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst. e Design paradigm of wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst systems for water purification according to topological geometry, physical properties, and chemical properties. f General characteristics comparison of the common materials used for water purification (more details presented in Supplementary Table 3). g Possible applications of the wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst at different length scales, ranging from tiny medical scaffolds and small waterpipes (left) to scalable, flexible architectures (right). The application of water purification capacity is based on this work while the metamaterial-based scaffold inside the bone can conduct chemical reactions to harmless excretory waste (left lower corner). Figure 5a–c are provided as a Source Data file.
