Cotton-Based Aerogel Helps Staunch Bleeding

Feb-16-18 An aerogel made of cotton-based fabric waste could have applications ranging from insulation to hemorrhaging control.

Developed by a team from the National University of Singapore, the cotton waste is converted to an aerogel via the team’s propriety process, which they claim is faster than conventional methods, as well as being ‘cheap and green.’ The same team also created an aerogel from paper waste, and built upon that experience with the new cotton-based version, which currently takes the form of cotton and cellulose aerogel pellets. The pellets can be injected into a wound using a clinical syringe, where they will quickly expand up to 16 times their original size to exert pressure on the wound and help slow bleeding.

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