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Waste plastics become molecular sponges that capture water from air

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  • Phys.org · October 14, 2026 22:20
    Discarded plastic packaging materials, old CDs and even LEGO bricks can be transformed into materials that capture significant amounts of moisture from the air. Materials chemists Anastasiia Naryshkina, Paul Schweng and Robert Woodward at the University of Vienna have converted several types of…