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Researchers Develop Simple Modification to Improve Commercial Resin for Direct Air Capture
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Fusion42 · 11 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Researchers at Georgia Tech developed a simple one-step modification to upgrade a commercial amine resin, improving its CO₂ capture performance by up to 75% and durability for direct air capture systems. This innovation could accelerate scaling efforts by reducing costs and enhancing durability of sorbents used in carbon capture.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Climate Tech.
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Your climate tech startup just gained a shortcut: enhancing commercially available resins with a low-cost chemical grafting boosts CO₂ capture and durability significantly. This opens a faster path to scaling direct air capture without waiting for entirely new materials.
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