When it comes to kitchen spills, paper towels and rags do the job. But using a hydrogel—a gelatin-like material in the form of a dry sheet—researchers have crafted a better picker-upper that absorbs and holds about three times more water-based liquid. The method, presented on December 21 in the journal Matter, produces an absorbent, foldable, and cuttable “gel sheet” that may one day find use in our kitchens or operating rooms to soak up liquids.
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Source: Phys.org