A consortium of researchers led by WMG at the University of
Warwick are to embark on a £3 million research programme called “Cleaning Land
for Wealth” (CL4W), that will use a common class of flower to restore poisoned
soils while at the same time producing perfectly sized and shaped nano sized
platinum and arsenic nanoparticles for use in catalytic convertors, cancer
treatments and a range of other applications.
A “Sandpit” exercise organised by the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) allowed researchers from WMG
(Warwick Manufacturing group) at the University of Warwick, Newcastle
University, The University of Birmingham, Cranfield University and the
University of Edinburgh to come together and share technologies and skills to
come up with an innovative multidisciplinary research project that could help
solve major technological and environmental challenges.