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Lehigh Nanotech
Lehigh Nanotech’s product is used to clean up landfills, former chemical and manufacturing plants, and superfund sites. The technology, invented at Lehigh University by Dr. Wei-xian Zhang, is used to clean up a wide range of soil and groundwater sites contaminated with toxic materials, heavy metals, fertilizers and pesticides. Nanotechnology holds great promise for meeting environmental challenges, according to Dr. Zhang. Lehigh Nanotech uses iron-based nanoparticles to remove contaminants from soil and groundwater. Zhang says nanotechnology can improve environmental technologies such as treatment, remediation, and sensing. Nanotechnology can also improve manufacturing processes: for example, making them more efficient and less wasteful. Zhang, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Lehigh, has won praise for his invention from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and from such prominent journals as Chemical & Engineering News and MIT’s Technology Review. Lehigh University helped launch the startup company, Lehigh Nanotech LLC. The company was formed with the help from Lehigh’s Office of Technology Transfer and has its facilities on Lehigh’s Mountaintop Campus.
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354 Whitaker Labs
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (610) 758-5883
E-mail: ott@lehigh.edu
Web: www.lehigh.edu/ott