hydroGel
Creating clean and sustainable water
Introduction
hydroGel makes water treatment more effective and sustainable using a novel hydrogel microparticle technology developed at MIT for the removal of micropollutants including emerging contaminants like PFAS and xenoestrogens, and heavy metals like lead from water. The materials are both tunable and scalable, and suited for the elimination of low concentration micropollutants more effectively than activated carbon. The technology is a sustainable, reusable, cost-effective, facile solution to challenges in water purification and wastewater treatment.
Problem
Micropollutants are low concentration, ubiquitous, and hazardous chemicals present in water with major implications on health, environment, and technology manufacturing. State-of-the-art technologies are ineffective and have large carbon footprints. There is a huge, rapidly growing market need for technology to enable sustainable use and treatment of water at the industrial scale.
Opportunity
Our venture uses a novel, patent-pending hydrogel microparticle technology developed at MIT for the removal of micropollutants including emerging contaminants and heavy metals from water. Our materials are sustainable, can be reused over long cycles, and can eliminate contaminants to significantly higher extents and more rapidly than existing alternatives.